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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kimaru",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Mutahi Kimaru",
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    "content": "competitive process. The Deputy Vice-Chancellors who play a very important role are excluded. Therefore, I propose to bring amendments to that particular section so that Deputy Vice-Chancellors are also included and subjected to a competitive process. Definitely, it will not be the right thing to exclude them. In so doing, we will move an amendment to delete Section 70(2) which also provides for the procedures of appointment of Deputy Vice-Chancellors. In the amendments to Section 38, it proposes that the functions of Vice- Chancellors shall be taken over by Chairmen of Councils where the Vice-Chancellor is not able to do his duties. We have had Vice-Chancellors who are never available. This affects graduation and the normal running of universities. We shall have continuity if we provide for those duties to be taken over by the Chairman. Business at the universities will also be carried out as they should. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, if I may touch briefly on the Criminal Procedure Act where it is proposed that policemen should be given the right to deny suspects bail, I think that is one part of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill that should not be passed. I am not a lawyer but the intent of whoever proposes that is questionable. If it is provided for in the Constitution, how do you pretend to take it away using a less superior law? I do not think that it makes sense. Of course we have had instances in the past where people have been accused of even murder and then after ten years or so they are still found innocent. So, what is provided for in the Constitution was to avoid such grave injustices from being carried out and, therefore, I would oppose that particular section. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, in doing so, I would like to say that there are very many good things in this Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill that should be carried. Let us not throw the baby with the bath water. Let us throw away what is not good but what is good for this country let us make sure that it is amended. So, I would like to urge my fellow Members of Parliament that those bits that are not good let us do away with them but those that are good let us have them carried through."
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