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    "id": 1033554,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, forgiving me an opportunity to support Sen. Faki on this very important Statement. Increasingly, I am getting very worried about decisions being taken by the national Government in matters that are clearly devolved and fall under the Fourth Schedule. The Attorney-General emeritus is here. During his tenure, when we were Ministers, if you wanted to make a serious policy statement, you first bounced it to the Attorney-General for advice. When you say that you are transferring ferry services to KPA, has whoever is doing it read the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution? Article 5 of the Fourth Schedule clearly states that ferry services are devolved functions. How do you just lift and pass them on to KPA? Secondly, KPA is established under an Act of Parliament, and so are ferry services. Are the laws being changed by being brought to Parliament for Parliament to deal with these issues? In fact, this is not a matter that belongs to the Committee on Roads and Transportation. It is matter for the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights chaired by Sen. Omogeni, so that he can bring the Office of the Attorney- General and the Executive to order, and respect the law and the Constitution as currently established. Thank you, Mr. Speaker Sir."
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