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    "id": 596011,
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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": "Hon. Speaker, at the outset, that letter is to the Attorney-General (A- G) and I am sure you have a copy - which I have. According to the letter, the person to respond - who the Cabinet Secretary (CS) is accusing - is the Attorney-General. I have advised the CS to appear before the relevant Departmental Committee on Energy, Communications and Information before we come to the Third Reading of the Bill. That section in the letter concerns communication. He is talking about the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK). The reason why I withdrew those two other amendments on the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) and universities - and I want to go on record - has nothing to do with the unconstitutionality of those clauses. The reason was that this Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill is supposed to deal with minor amendments and errors and the issues on IPOA were very substantial. Even in your letter, I have said that Parliament can still do what was suggested on IPOA, but it should be done through a Bill. The same case applies to the universities. What they wanted to do, in my opinion, was very substantive. Again, there is a Bill in the pipeline called “The Universities Bill.” I was wondering why somebody wants to rush this. Thirdly, I am the one in the HBC who insisted that a Bill should not come without a report. The Bill was on access to information, a very important Bill, which a Private Member wanted to introduce before a report. For the record, the person who opposed me that a Bill can come to this House without a committee report was none other than Hon. Jakoyo Midiwo in that HBC meeting. Today, at least, the Report on the Bill that is before the House was tabled yesterday afternoon. The Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill was at Order No.15 in yesterday’s Order Paper. It is good for my very good friend, Hon. Midiwo, to know that what we say in other 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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