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    "id": 152665,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Wako",
    "speaker_title": "The Attorney-General",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 208,
        "legal_name": "Sylvester Wakoli Bifwoli",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the Arbitration (Amendment) Bill, 2009, Bill No.2, be read a Second Time. I want, first of all, to thank hon. Members, in particular for the support to do away with the Standing Order which requires automatic reference to the Departmental Committee. I have been asked to give an undertaking and I want from the very outset to give the undertaking, that in this Bill everything has been properly scrutinized, and that which is technical in nature--- All the clauses that we are proposing for amendment are valid. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if I may just explain, this Bill is about amending the 1995 Arbitration Act. The 1995 Arbitration Act it self that I brought to this House was to make this country compliant to the international standards regarding arbitration as at that time. The law that was there at that time was a law which existed, or which was enacted during the colonial times. It is now 14 years and the international standards, on which that Bill was based, have now been considerably improved, hence the need to also improve by proposing amendments to this Arbitration Act, which are consistent with those international standards."
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