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    "id": 479053,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nyenze",
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        "legal_name": "Francis Mwanzia Nyenze (Deceased)",
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    "content": "As for the Committees, the feelings of hon. Members is that since the President and Deputy President cannot go out of the country at the same time, let it be noted that the House feels betrayed and undermined by the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations for the Chairman and the Vice-Chairman to go together. In future, let us make it very clear. For any travel outside the country, authority to travel has to be sought through the Speaker of the National Assembly. That is what hon. Members are saying; that is what Hon. Midiwo and Hon. Abongotum said. For any trips, the Executive has to consult the National Assembly, especially the Speaker so that we say which people are going. Let the Executive not choose but let Parliament determine who accompanies the President overseas. It should be made very clear so that the National Assembly does not feel undermined by the Executive. I just wanted to make those few remarks and say because the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, No.24 of 2014 have been withdrawn, I will not comment on that but it was a very unpopular Bill because the amendments sought to dilute the powers of the National Assembly; to authorize the deployment of the KDF. Some of those amendments were denying hon. Members their privacy. The National Intelligence Service (NIS) would just look through you because of those amendments."
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