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    "id": 505349,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Obure",
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        "legal_name": "Christopher Mogere Obure",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity to make some preliminary observations, now that there is an opportunity for this Bill to go to the Committee and come back for the Third Reading, when I hope we will have a further opportunity to make comments. Some of the amendments being proposed through this Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendment) Bill are very fundamental. In my view, some of them require careful scrutiny. In fact, they also require thorough examination, not only at the level of the National Assembly and this Senate, but also by affected stakeholders and even the Kenyan public at large. Therefore, I feel that the public should be given an opportunity to interrogate some of the amendments, because they are very fundamental. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, while I agree that some of the proposed amendments are, in fact, overdue and very routine, I also feel that some are not. For example, we know that we no longer have county councils because they have been replaced following the repeal of Cap.265. However, I do not know why we are really in such a great hurry to consider this at this particular moment. For example, only a few days ago, The Community Land Bill went through First Reading in this House and was committed to the relevant Committee on Land and Natural Resources. That Committee of this House The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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