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    "id": 1169988,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1169988/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Aden Duale (",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Garissa Township, JP): Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, the gist of the matter is that we must state it in law that by transiting from the Kenya Revenue Authority to the Kenya Revenue Service, the current Commissioner-General and the board do not take it as a fresh start. The Commissioner-General and the board can say that this is a different entity, and so they are starting afresh. Let us put it clearly. We are law makers. Transitional and consequential amendments are very critical and fundamental in drafting of laws. There is a current Commissioner-General, and a board. So, it is like you are changing the names of the Kenyan National Assembly to the Kenya National Representative. What will be the fate of the Clerk as of now? We must have a safeguard to make sure that as we change the name, the current Commissioner-General and the board will not, on the face of it, take it that they are starting a new organisation. I came all the way from Mandera because this amendment was critical, even when I was the Leader of Majority Party. The Kenya Revenue Authority is critical. By the way, if the House convinces me, I have no problem, but what I am saying is that transitional and consequential amendments in law-making in this House are very fundamental. You cannot just have a law hanging. So, I really want to ask the Leader of the Majority Party if that safeguard has been provided in the Bill. I have read the Bill, and it is not provided. Let us not try to play balls. I do not want to become the Commissioner-General, but the current Commissioner-General has a renewable term limit. When we establish a new organisation, can we just put it in law that the Commissioner-General will continue to serve his or her unexpired term in the new board? But if the Kenya Revenue Service renews his or her term, we have no problem. My amendment is a 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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