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    "id": 1124384,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1124384/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kamukunji, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Yusuf Hassan",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Yusuf Hassan Abdi",
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    "content": " Thank you Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this debate on the overview of the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly No. 1 of 2020). The Bill is intended to amend the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights Act No. 14 of 2011. This Bill is sponsored by a committee that I am a Member of and therefore, I stand here to support it. The advantages have been mentioned. The point that this Bill intends to make amendments to the effect of merging the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights and the National Gender and Equality Commission, so as to have a commission as perceived by Article 59 of the 2010 Constitution. Article 59 (1) of the Constitution establishes the Kenya National Human Rights and Equality Commission. The Bill therefore, if passed into law, intends that the functions of both the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights and the National Gender and Equality Commission be merged and performed by one body to be named the Kenya National Human Rights and Equality Commission. The rationale for the merger is stated to be guided by Article 59 (4) of the Constitution, empowering Parliament to enact legislation to give full effect to the provisions of Article 59 and legislation restructuring the Commission into two or more separate commissions. 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."
}