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    "id": 681121,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/681121/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Nyikal",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "James Nyikal",
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    "content": "Sometimes we have problems with Private Members’ Bills because the mandate may not be clear. A Bill can say that a certain CS is responsible for its implementation. We should look at the Bill very carefully to see whether it involves more than one Ministry. Where the mandate over the Bill is in more than one Ministry, we have the problem of passing the buck by those Ministries. There is an Act which has not been implemented up to now. It was dealing with precursors of drug addiction. The Bill was supposed to be implemented through the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government. However, the same drugs whose usages are to be controlled are used for normal healthcare purposes. Therefore, the drugs are controlled by the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation. The Bill was not implemented because the mandates were conflicting. If there was no adequate stakeholder involvement from the beginning, the stakeholders engage the Ministry to block implementation of the Act. These are extremely important issues. As we address this case, I am sure that there are other Acts of Parliament which have not been implemented. It is important that we involve the Committee on Implementation, so that those Acts can be brought out for scrutiny. Why are they not being implemented? If there are issues, they should be addressed. It takes a lot of time, effort and resources to come up with a Bill which eventually becomes an Act of Parliament for purposes of serving the public good. Therefore, any pending Act of Parliament should be implemented. The link we have is our Committee on Implementation to look at all these issues and address them."
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