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    "id": 596099,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/596099/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Bunyasi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Sakwa Bunyasi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise with mixed feelings on the various amendments although I fully understand and appreciate the fact that when they are making small changes, this is the way to do it. However, in doing this, some very significant changes occur as is in this case. So, while I support the principle of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, the House leadership should help us minimize the presentation of Bills that are touching on significant changes like the IPOA that will significantly shift the powers that are embedded by other laws in the Executive. It will shift powers among the various arms. The Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill touches on a wide range of areas. For example, I have looked at the changes that are proposed under the Competition Act, the Counterfeit Act and the National Cohesion and Integration Act. It is a whole set of things and I think that even for the House to conceptualize this in totality is quite a challenge. We, therefore, end up legislating without fully being able to brief our constituents as for which way, in total, we are heading with legislations that are amended in part through the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill such as the one we have this time. I had prepared to speak to a different law but I broadly support these amendments."
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