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    "id": 719530,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nyamweya",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 391,
        "legal_name": "Manson Oyongo Nyamweya",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, what I am saying is that if we pass this Bill the way it has been brought to us, Parliament will have no role. If we pass this Bill the way it is, all those parastatals where people have been negotiating, the cases that are in court may become irrelevant because the process is going through the Cabinet. The Cabinet will approve and then sell the property. That is what this Bill says. It does not say more than that. I am saying we have the Public Investments Committee. It is a constitutional office to oversee how public funds are used in parastatals. If we privatise this, the Public Investments Committee will not have a role to play. I oppose this. Let us sober up. If there is a challenge or a dispute, we need to bring everybody on board in order to understand the process. Otherwise, it is wrong and unconstitutional. This will be challenged in court just like the issue of title deeds which were issued. They have been challenged and the court made a ruling. It said there are irregular title deeds. So, Hon. Speaker, we should not rush and pass this just because it has been brought to the National Assembly. We should not pass it because our role as Parliament has been removed. I want to go to the Memorandum which says that the Bill does not delegate any legislative powers nor limit any fundamental rights of freedom. That is not true because it actually removes the role of Parliament if we pass it. Let the Chair confirm if it is not true that if, indeed, we pass this Bill the way it is, it removes that power. This is under the Memorandum of Objects and Reasons. It is very clear. So, we cannot pass this. That is why I am saying that this Bill should not be in the National Assembly for discussion. We are wasting our valuable time. We should be doing something else. 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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