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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Mbadi",
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I get what Hon. Ochieng’ has said, and probably it looks nice. But we also need to be careful because institutions sometimes generate reforms and bring legislation to reform itself. If we go by the suggestion by Hon. Ochieng, we will be discouraging those who are already in positions in institutions from generating reforms because any time reforms are made, people are going home. I remember this is something we did with the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), and at that time, we deliberately did so. We brought an amendment that took home the EACC because we did not like Ringera. Parliament did that. There is nothing that stops the dissolution of any Board if you feel that it is not functioning. However, I am just asking that we need to be careful. I do not know how we are going to balance this, but we need to be careful lest we discourage institutions from generating reforms. Most of the legislations that come to the House are generated from those institutions after studying the system and seeing how best the system 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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