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    "id": 674847,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 24,
        "legal_name": "Nicholas Gumbo",
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    "content": "I have a particular concern with the provision of Clause 10 of this Bill which says that no proceedings or decisions of a county assembly or Powers and Privileges Committee acting in accordance with this Act shall be questioned in any court of law. What if those proceedings or decisions of a county assembly or the Powers and Privileges Committee acting in accordance with this law are injurious to other persons? We have seen this before. I do not speak in a way to demean MCAs, but we have seen excessive recklessness in the discharge of their duties. What if these provisions used reinforce recklessness into the decisions those county assemblies make? If that recklessness touch the character of a person and injure a person at a personal level, are we saying then that this provision will protect them? This provision clearly contravenes several Articles of the Constitution because it makes those who make such a decision to be above the law. The running theme in our Constitution is that no one is above the law. I will move amendments at the Committee of the whole House to delete that provision of this Act."
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