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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Deputy Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, you will recall that during the afternoon Sitting of the House on Tuesday, 5th October, 2021, the Member for Garissa Township, the Hon. Aden Duale, EGH, MP, rose on a point of order seeking deferment of the Second Reading of the Health Laws (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 2 of 2021), which intends to amend various health sector related statutes so as to improve efficiency and for better service delivery. The Hon. Duale indulged the Speaker to defer Second Reading of the Bill until the matter of the adequacy of public participation undertaken by the relevant Departmental Committee on the Bill, and the constitutionality of certain provisions contained in the Bill are determined. He claimed that barring the determination by the Speaker of the two cited fundamental issues concerning the Bill in question, would make the House to proceed with a legislative exercise that was likely to be successfully challenged in court for being unconstitutional, especially for want of adequate public participation. Hon. Members, the concerns by Hon. Duale elicited a lot of interest. The Members who weighed in on the matter raised by the Member for Garissa Township were the Leader of the Majority Party, the Majority Whip, the Hon. (Dr.) Eseli Simiyu, the Hon. T.J. Kajwang’, the Hon. 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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