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    "id": 596090,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/596090/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Simiyu",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Eseli Simiyu",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. This Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, 2015 should not have happened, in my view. It is important to note that when we are making laws, we make them for posterity and not for our comfort at the moment. What will happen in future if the moment you are uncomfortable with a particular law you amend it to suit that time? A lot of the factors that have been put into this Bill appear to be trying to ameliorate the situation. At one time, this House rejected the nomination of one Monica Juma to be Secretary to the Cabinet. This amendment appears to be trying to remove that so that we do not have to vet anybody again. Making a law for convenience is the wrong way to do anything. Generally speaking, and I am not a lawyer as you are very well aware, if you really feel that a law is good, you should be comfortable with it even if it is in the hands of your worst enemy. If we start legislating for small things here and there, so that we make it more comfortable for us, we completely lose track as a House. The Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill is full of such mischief, for lack of a better word. It is good that the Leader of the Majority Party decided to withdraw the part on IPOA, because IPOA has its role well set out under the Constitution. So, anybody trying to remove those powers will have to go for a constitutional amendment first and yet we are trying to do all these things through the miscellaneous amendments."
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