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    "id": 1237756,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1237756/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tharaka, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. George Murugara",
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    "content": "I have read the Committee’s Report vis-à-vis the proposed amendments. I am unable to find sections in the Health Act that are an exact replica of what is being proposed. In fact, if anything, what is being proposed is possibly contained in some rules and regulations. If that is the case, Hon. Didmus Barasa is correct to bring the Bill because rules and regulations are subsidiary legislation. Substantive legislation is found in an Act of Parliament, as it is being proposed here. Unless we are clearly shown that there are sections in the Heath Act which cover the topics that have been brought before this House by Hon. Didmus Barasa, the Report that is calling for a rejection is not well-founded and we should reject it. One, I have said that if there are rules and regulations that govern this sector, then the right thing to do is to incorporate them in the substantive Act. That will create room for the making of further rules, guidelines and policies pursuant to an Act of Parliament. Two, if what we propose to do through this Bill is covered by another Act of Parliament, it shall be brought to our attention at the Committee of the whole House and we will remove the proposed amendment. This has not been covered in the Report. What the Committee is doing in particular is trying to kill the Bill before it is even taken to the Committee of the Whole House."
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