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    "id": 595680,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Before proceeding to business under Order No. 12 on today’s Order Paper, I wish to bring to the attention of the House that I have received a letter from the Leader of the Majority Party, dated 27th October 2015, requesting the withdrawal of several proposed amendments to the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, National Assembly Bill No. 57 of 2015. In the letter, the Leader of the Majority Party requests to withdraw proposed amendments to the Independent Policing Oversight Authority Act, 2011 and part of the proposed amendments to the Universities Act, 2012. As regards the Independent Policing Oversight Authority Act, 2011, the letter notes:- “The proposed amendments, though not unconstitutional, significantly erode the independence of the Authority without which the Authority would find it difficult to perform its functions free from Executive interference. In this regard, those changes ought to be addressed in a substantive amendment Bill to the Independent Policing Oversight Authority Act and not as a miscellaneous amendment. It is my observation that the amendments to the Independent Policing Oversight Authority Act, 2011 should be introduced substantively on their own not through a miscellaneous amendment law.” Regarding the Universities Act, 2012, the Leader of the Majority Party proposes to withdraw all amendments to the Act except those related to Sections 22 and 39. It is noted that:-"
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