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    "id": 689363,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Waiganjo",
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        "legal_name": "John Muriithi Waiganjo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. In my reading of the Constitution and the current law and what we are trying to do now, I read mischief in trying to bring an amendment that now appears to delete or oust the discretion of the CS in driving issues of policy. First of all, those who are saying that this “flies” on the face of Articles 209 and 210 of the Constitution are forgetting that this law exists as it is and we do not even have a proper policy and we are still legislating. In this House, we have a tendency of creating legislation before policy. So, I do not see any contradiction of sorts in the Articles 209 and 210, and what we are trying to do. Ousting the discretion of the CS in this regard will defeat the interest of the farmers of sorghum, millet and cassava and drive consumers back to the third generation brews. So, I oppose the attempt to drive a wedge between the farmers and--- The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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