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    "id": 207081,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ms. Abdalla",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 245,
        "legal_name": "Abdallah Jumaa Ngozi",
        "slug": "abdallah-ngozi"
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish the Attorney-General, who has been causing us delays with regard to moving this Bill, could listen to me considering that he has put us in waiting for all those weeks he was roaming around the world. We have also proposed some amendments on the Advocates Act, but those have been covered by our colleagues. We have proposed amendments on the Limitation of Actions, which have been well-explained by Mr. Muturi where there was this recommendation to have the law applied retroactively. We have deleted that component. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the Penal Code, it was the view of our Committee that the enhanced sentences that were proposed by the Attorney-General did not take into account the fact that even existing laws have not been well-spelt out. So, we could not find sufficient justification for the enhanced sentences that he has proposed. With regard to the Housing Act, it is proposed by the Attorney-General to increase the 3458 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES August 23, 2007 number of notice days to 21 by the National Housing Corporation (NHC). Our Committee felt that given the liquidity problems that local authorities have, we should extend this to 90 days notice so that they do not lose their property in the 21 days as they try to solve liquidity problems and pay their debts. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, some of our colleagues have stood here and said that they will be opposing the amendments proposed by the Attorney-General in relation to devices. They are all implying to the issue of Alcohol Blow. It is the considered opinion of our Committee that despite the fact that many of those who oppose the Alcohol Blow do so with good intention thinking that the police would use them as some rent-collecting mechanism, we feel that the social good that the Alcohol Blow would give to our society, families and strengthening the family values, we should retain that amendment. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we will be proposing further amendments to the Traffic Act in relation to the current driving licences. The current driving licences are very old and colonial in nature. They serve no purpose in terms of identifying persons who cause accidents."
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