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"content": "So, hon. Deputy Speaker, we need to appreciate that we passed a Constitution and even if it is the 20 per cent that my friend hon. Midiwo says is not so good and it needs to be changed but, as long as it is in the Constitution, we must follow it. If the stakeholders say that they want the council in Parliament with the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, that is what we should do. If they have convinced us, we should pass it. It really worries me that an Office in the Government can sit and decide that they are the ones who are going to determine what is going to be amended and what is not going to be amended in a Bill from Parliament. Where is separation of powers? Having respect for separation of powers not only requires us to do our work, but the interference on the Bills in this House is so severe that even when we pass issues on the Third Reading, you move and amendment, you are sure that you have amended a clause but, when that Bill is enacted, you see changes. At this point, I am dealing with nine changes in the Wildlife Management Bill on issues that I amended on this Floor. So, I want this House - and especially the leadership - to deal with the fact that there is interference in what we are passing in House. It would not be fair to say that Parliament is supreme when we pass Bills and we are not able to influence them at the Committee Stage. They want to influence them before they are published. As a Member of Jubilee, I am disappointed by those low standards and we must uphold the standards of legislative development."
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