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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Nyasuna",
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        "legal_name": "Gladys Atieno Nyasuna",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I thought that somebody had switched off my microphone. Thank you for returning it so that I can make this point. I have ten minutes to contribute. Please, protect my ten minutes. I am looking at this Bill; I am looking at, for example, the matter that has already been raised by hon. Gumbo on the National Police Service Commission (Amendment) Bill. When you look at this Bill - we have not really had much time to look at it - the section amending the Act says in Clause 14(b) “delete”. Now, how are you supposed to know what you are deleting? When you go back to the original Act, you find that what you are deleting is the requirement that the Inspector General and his deputies be of opposite gender. Is that what we want to delete? Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I urge Members to look at the amendments proposed to the Tourism Act of 2011; what we are doing is removing powers of this National Assembly. This is because if I look at this, the number of times we are deleting with prior approval of the National Assembly are uncountable. Looking at the Tourism Act, Section 8(3) says: “delete”. Section 14(1) says: “Delete words with prior approval of the National Assembly.” Section 25(1) says: “Delete words with prior approval of the National Assembly.” Section 48(1) says: “Delete words with prior approval of the National Assembly.” Section 82(1) says: “Delete words with prior approval of the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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