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    "id": 298996,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/298996/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Anyang’-Nyong’o",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Medical Services",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 193,
        "legal_name": "Peter Anyang' Nyong'o",
        "slug": "peter-nyongo"
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    "content": " Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I do not want to persuade hon. Ogindo to withdraw this amendment as a matter of philanthropy or some kind of gentleman’s agreement that was arrived at in the Joint Committee meetings, but I want to persuade him on the basis of the meaning of “designation”. The paragraph says “designation of receivers of national government revenue”. This means the person who is, really, responsible for receiving revenue is the Cabinet Secretary, but he designates. Now, when you designate your powers, you are still responsible for them. So, if those people who will be receiving the revenue on behalf of the Cabinet Secretary mess in any way, it is him who the Government will hold responsible. Therefore, hon. Ogindo, you should be peaceful and know that the mischief that you are trying to cure through this amendment is actually cured by giving the Cabinet Secretary the power not to surrender his powers, but to designate them to other officers, who will still work under him, and he will still be the person responsible. The buck will stop with him, as it were. So, you should not fear anything about this matter. Going by what my friend, hon. Shakeel has said, I will persuade you humbly, to just withdraw the amendment because it really does not cure the mischief you are holding."
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