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    "id": 201067,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Oburu",
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        "legal_name": "Oburu Ngona Odinga",
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    "content": "On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I would like to raise an issue which was raised by the Minister for Finance, Mr. Kimunya, yesterday, after a court ruling on the Privatisation Act. It is not in order that a matter which is before a Committee of this House is raised outside the House. The Minister tended to besmirch the image of the House by imputing that the House has refused to approve names of appointees to the Privatisation Commission, and thus he is unable to implement the Privatisation Act. That is misrepresenting facts because the Minister only brought the names to this House two days ago. The Committee sat today to consider the names and action is already being taken. This is completely out of order and I wanted your guidance on whether the Minister is right to have done that. Mr. Speaker, Sir, secondly, I wanted your guidance, as to the ruling yesterday, that a Government Minister can defy an Act of Parliament, which has been passed and assented to by the President and keep it for two years, and still acts legally without operationalising that law. Parliament is, therefore, left helpless, because it can only enact law and leave it in the hands of the Executive; to decide when and whether to implement it as passed by this House. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is an area which leaves us \"naked\", and we would like to have guidance as to whether we really make laws for a certain purpose, which should be implemented within a given time, or whether it is up to the Executive to implement those laws, as and when they like."
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