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    "id": 479113,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mwaura",
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        "legal_name": "Isaac Maigua Mwaura",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. I think the issue here is that this Bill is such an Omnibus Bill and hon. Members are finding it difficult to flesh out the issues to discuss. But anyway, while it is the prerogative of the Executive to propose amendments for various legislations whose enactment may be in contention, I am obliged, for example, to observe that the proposed amendments in the National Youth Council Act, some of the proposed amendments there are actually ambiguous. Maybe, this is superfluous, but then there is no organisation called the Kenya National Council of Persons with Disabilities. I think it is the National Council of Persons with Disabilities. When you leave it under the prerogative of the Cabinet Secretary to gazette the appointment of people who are nominated--- For example, if you look at paragraph 16(2)(iii); Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) working with the youth sector, it is open. You would wonder what qualifies these NGOs. Is it just by the mere registration of NGO which may actually be dormant while purporting to represent or to work on the youth issues? I think it needs to have been something, even if it is true about the NGO Council, but just to leave it as NGO working with the youth sector is not enough. They mean that anybody can actually rise and say I work for such an organisation. I think that is in contention, in my opinion. There is also the issue about public universities. Does it mean that you just select any existing university now that it is public university then you have one person representing the public universities? In any case, why should it be public universities? Of course, if you want to have representation in terms of the Advisory Board then you would rather have qualified professionals so that you have CVs from which you can nominate a person. For me, to just leave it as “public universities” again, is superfluous. 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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