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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Iringo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cyprian Kubai Iringo",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, Sir, I rise to support the document. I strongly feel that the Constitution was violated in this particular incident. Land issues in this country are very emotive, and we have to be very careful when we are dealing with them. According to this report, if you look at it carefully, it appears that it was done just unilaterally by an individual to satisfy some quarters. If due diligence was done and the Constitution was properly followed, these actions would not have taken the period they took to be accomplished, especially writing a Gazette Notice at 8.30 p.m. Why could it not wait for the following day to be done? Why was it done at night? When you look at the document, the answers that were given by the Cabinet Secretary when she appeared before the Committee just said that she had done it temporarily. I do not know of any provision in the Constitution which empowers a Cabinet Secretary to do things temporarily and forward the same for ratification to the PSC. I strongly feel that there was a big violation of the Constitution. We have been crying about land problems in this country. People in many areas in this country are crying that they need title deeds and we need to move forward. Since independence, we have not had title deeds yet somebody in an office, which has been condemned all the years, is messing things more by appointing people to do things which we feel would have made matters worse. I concur with my colleagues who are supporting this document. I also support the amendment, so that this can be a deterrent measure for other Cabinet Secretaries, who are hiding under some provisions to do some things which are not constitutional. Some of my colleagues in this House are saying that because she revoked the Gazette Notice, the issue should end there. If hon. Mbadi did not raise the issue in this House, could she have 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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