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    "speaker_name": "Suba South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Mbadi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for that indulgence, although the Leader of the Majority Party is asking me to contribute to the next Motion. However, I really do not know why the Leader of the Majority Party could bring this Bill to the House which is repealing an Act of Parliament without a replacement. It is a very rare kind of legislative process that we face in this country, and I tried to listen to some of the speakers and I got concerned that I must come and put across my thoughts on this. There should be a very good reason for you to repeal a Bill without replacement. You cannot repeal a Bill and replace it with regulations, which are usually drawn from an Act of Parliament. Therefore, you cannot repeal an Act and replace it with regulations. Further, this issue of social assistance is very close to my heart. I remember in the 10th Parliament, I introduced a Motion that gave the elderly people Kshs2,000 a month. Before that, it was Kshs1,500 without any backing of a Motion. I brought a Motion to Parliament and that is what moved the stipend from Kshs1,500 to Kshs2,000. Now it had some legal backing, although it was not an Act of Parliament. Later on, the Social Assistance Fund came up and we contributed, hailed and supported it. Therefore, if the Leader of the Majority Party has brought this repealing and replaced it with something else in the law, then we would have accepted. It would also look very bad for the Leader 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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