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    "id": 652704,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/652704/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Kanyua",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 981,
        "legal_name": "Priscilla Nyokabi Kanyua",
        "slug": "priscilla-nyokabi-kanyua"
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 4 be amended by inserting the following new Sub-clause immediately after Sub-clause (5)— “(5A) This Act— (a) has effect subject to the Constitution; (b) applies despite any other existing law, whether or not explicitly repealed or amended by this Act; (c) applies despite any regulations or other subordinate legislation under any Act.” The reason for this amendment is that in our statute books, we have over 33 pieces of legislation, which in one way or the other, touch on matters of information. Sometimes it is not towards releasing information, but towards limiting access to information. Therefore, this law, coming as it is in 2016, is going to apply, even if the others have not been repealed. You know that cleaning up an entire legal system takes a number of years. Therefore, this particular law is going to come in 2016, but we are in acknowledgement that there are many other laws and regulations that may not be in tandem with it. But with time, and as the new jurisprudence develops, this law will continue to apply. So, this is a saving clause, as it were, on the other existing pieces of legislation."
}