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    "speaker_name": "Ugenya, MDG",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Ochieng’",
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        "legal_name": "David Ouma Ochieng'",
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    "content": " Thank you so much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Having gone through the Social Assistance Act, 2013 and having listened to fellow Members speak on this Bill, I am tempted to request the Leader of the Majority Party, who is going to speak after me, to consider withdrawing this Bill instead of trying to tell us to go on with this. Where he sits, he would tell you that in progressive law making, there is no room for moving backwards. I have never heard of a statute being downgraded into a regulation. We upgrade regulations into statutes. We upgrade a Gazette Notice into a statute, but hardly do we downgrade a statute. I have read through the Memorandum of Objects of this Bill and there is nowhere we are being told why we should add more functions to the Ministry of Finance and National Planning, which is already overwhelmed with so much work. This belies the Government’s approach and confirms shoddy treatment of poor people. I will give an example before I go to the main Bill. Every year, we talk about hunger. Two weeks ago, the President declared the current drought ravaging the country a national disaster. We have been arguing about maize and sugar. Do you The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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