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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chepkong’a",
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Kiprono Chepkonga",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, on this one, we are on one side with him. In fact, we are seeking to protect the Communications Authority of Kenya (CAK) on this one. The only departure point I have with him is that he is making an attempt to gag this House from debating any Bill. I want to remind Hon. Wamunyinyi, and this is what we will not cede and accept, that I am speaking as the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. Article 95 of the Constitution states very clearly that the National Assembly enacts legislation in accordance with Part IV of this Act. Part IV states in Article 109 (5) that:- “A Bill may be introduced by any member or committee of the relevant House of Parliament.” In fact, the Attorney-General has no standing here completely. In fact, it is Hon. Jakoyo Midiwo, Hon. Wamunyinyi and every Member that has been elected. In fact, that opportunity was denied to Cabinet Secretaries. So, when somebody rises and says: “Oh, it did not pass through us”, it is not his responsibility and he has no business trying to lecture this House on what this House can do or may not do. We are the ones to convince one another on what we think is right and what we think is wrong. I was making a way forward. As much as I do not agree with those amendments, it is our job to make proposals where we do not agree. I have not agreed with this proposal that the Competitions Authority be denied an opportunity to declare a person a dominant market player; what we call in telecommunications “a significant market player.” Let me just give you the history of where telecommunications started. It started from the United States of America (USA)."
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