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    "id": 412817,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/412817/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Prof.) Nyikal",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 434,
        "legal_name": "James Nyikal",
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    "content": "In the previous Constitution--- We know that very many major changes were made in the last regime through miscellaneous amendments Bills, and so I would suggest that in future we should even get a way of really getting rid of miscellaneous amendments; if it must be there then it really must be confined to what is explained as minor amendments that do not effect basic changes in Acts. We have the issue of gender in the police force, the granting of bail, and parole to people in prisons; all these are in these amendments. The issue of the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC), the issue of the role of the Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP) and NGO funding are all in these amendments, yet they are major changes. The role of the National Youth Council is also here. Again, it is being changed and there is a big public outcry. We have something like the funding of NGOs; we know a lot of funding comes, and a lot of our services, particularly in the health sector, are actually funded through NGOs, yet we are limiting it. Again, we are bringing this change not through a substantive Bill but in an amendment hidden among 49 amendments. We even do not have the committee report to help us in this. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, in my mind I think we need to look again into the issue of miscellaneous amendments being used to bring in so many changes in the law. With that, I oppose this Amendment Bill."
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