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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Keynan",
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        "legal_name": "Adan Wehliye Keynan",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I beg to move an amendment with regard to the National Flag, Emblems and Names (Amendment) Bill, National Assembly Bill No. 3 of 2013. Hon. Deputy Speaker, the drafting of this Bill was informed by the fact that there was a lacuna in the law. First of all, this was among the first Bills and Acts that were supposed to be amended in Cap.99. I think those were among the first Acts that were legislated immediately we got our Independence. This Act has to be amended to bring it in tandem with the new Constitution. That is because there are particular offices or individuals who occupy certain offices under the constitutional dispensation that are not covered by this particular Act. Therefore, the old Act as it is, is obsolete and un-constitutional. Therefore, I felt that I should bring in an Amendment Bill, in order to have an Act that takes into account the expectations and the spirit of the new Constitution, and remove this substantive legislation from the ambit of-- - 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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