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    "id": 496871,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "THAT, the proposed subsection 62(1) be amended by deleting the words “with executive responsibility” What I am going to read are the views of the Executive and, more so, the President. In Section 62(1) of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill that was before this House, it proposed to amend that 62(1) of the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act, 2003 by deleting the existing provisions and substituting therefor with the following new sub-section--- That is what Parliament did. Then from there, I will take you through the concerns of the President and what he has proposed. Parliament said that a public officer or a State officer with executive responsibility, who is charged with corruption or economic crimes, shall be suspended at half pay with effect from the date of the charge, until the conclusion of the case. That is what Parliament provided; that the cases shall be decided or determined within 24 months. That is what the house decided then. The President is saying that this amendment can be construed to be discriminatory against public or State officers with executive responsibility, in that this provision excludes other public officers who have similar responsibilities within the Executive. What the President is saying is this: “In the foregoing, I recommend that the proposed sub-section 62(1) be amended by deleting the words “only with executive responsibility”. So, he has agreed with Parliament but he says; State officers or public officers should all fall within that category, but when you say “State or public officers with executive responsibility”, that is discriminatory. So, he is calling for the removal of only that part. I want to read it, “In the foregoing, I recommend that the proposed sub- section 62(1) be amended by deleting the words “only with executive responsibility”."
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