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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo",
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        "legal_name": "Nicholas Gumbo",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to thank you for giving me the opportunity to support the proposed Bill. Right from the outset, I want to say that I will be proposing some amendments to this Bill as we go forward, because I think some of the amendments as proposed will actually be unconstitutional. However, going through the minor amendments that have been proposed--- I have looked at the proposed amendment to the Criminal Procedure Code and, even though I am not a lawyer, but I think some aspects of criminality really require common sense. I think the proposed amendments unless looked at critically might be an affront to the Bill of Rights. The proposed amendment to the Retirement Benefits Act is good because employees join retirement benefits schemes to secure their comfort and good standards of living in old age, and also to be able to take care of their responsibilities upon retirement. I think the fact that we are trying to introduce competent managers of the schemes will ensure increased security of the savings. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, turning to the proposal to increase the number of independent board members at Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) from two to five, I think is good. It will, in my view, increase accountability at the Authority. You remember the other day one of the public commissions had a very vindictive report on the operations at KAA. The report was said specifically that the current Managing Director (MD) is in office courtesy of the abnormally high score by one of the board members, who is a Government appointee. In fact, that report says that if the scores of that 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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