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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, Hon. Otiende Amollo, Member for Rarieda, wrote to the Speaker two letters on this Bill. In the first one, he proposes that when the Bill comes to Committee of the whole House, he will delete every paragraph, including the title and the memorandum of objects as being unconstitutional. However, after reflecting on the first letter, he wrote a second one citing several provisions that he felt, in his judgement, were not only unreasonable but unconstitutional. I shared the letter with the Leader of the Majority Party and the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. My direction is that some of the issues he raises are not idle; they have some sense. Since the Speaker does not participate in debate, I directed the Leader of Majority Party to pass on the letter and all the myriad of issues raised by Hon. Otiende Amollo, some with merit, to the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs to consider the matter. The matter is now before the said Committee. I remember my good old professor of law, Justice Aaron Ringera used to tell us in class that, ‘If you want to judge a good law, imagine that law in the hands of your worst enemy. If you feel safe with it, then it is a good law.’ I think that is the premise and philosophy that Otiende Amollo is prosecuting. I direct that Order No.12(iii), the Conflict of Interest Bill (National Assembly Bill No.12 of 2023), be stepped down so that we get to know what the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs is doing in response to what the Hon. Member wrote to them. In any event, he is also a Member of that Committee. He can prosecute 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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