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    "id": 224830,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/224830/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Muite",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 235,
        "legal_name": "Paul Kibugi Muite",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the reason why I am asking the Minister to have respect for this House is because of several examples. This House passed the Banking (Amendment) Act. As hon. Members will remember, we debated the Memorandum from His Excellency the President and in this House's wisdom, the House rejected the proposed deletion of Section 44 of the Banking Act. Since then the Minister has elected to refuse to gazette that Act and, therefore, it has not been brought into operation. Why is that so? It is because of disrespect to this House. The Minister, I suspect, maybe planning, like he did with the Donde Act, to repeal what this House passed through the Budget, lakini tuko macho. We will not allow it to happen. So, when this 852 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES April 24, 2007 House makes a decision, it is the responsibility of the Minister--- Since he is coming here for this House to sanction the Supplementary Estimates, he must reciprocate by implementing its decisions. When we amended the other Act relating to Keroche Industries, the Minister went ahead and removed the company from this schedule of taxation to another one and immediately asked it to pay Kshs1 billion; again, to try to reverse a decision of this House. This conduct must stop. The Minister must learn to have respect for the decisions of this House. I am talking about his official conduct and not his personal conduct."
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