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    "id": 1285517,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Caroli Omondi",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move: THAT, Clause 12 of the Bill be amended by deleting the words “or to any member, officer, employee or agent of the Board”. We have just passed a similar clause in the previous Bill, but I think it was a very big mistake because we were not allowed to speak. There are limits to delegation. There is something we call permissible delegation in law and there are limits to it. The way this particular clause is currently drafted, it would mean that the Board is divesting itself of all its core functions. It can do so and divest itself of all powers, functions and confer them on a different entity who is even a stranger, say, somebody called an agent of the Board. There is a reason why boards are created and given that legal identity for decision-making. So, I propose we allow delegation but limit it to board committees. If we have to stretch, it can only be the Chief Executive Officer and not to every stranger or agent. This is a very risky thing."
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