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    "id": 721848,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ababu",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 108,
        "legal_name": "Ababu Tawfiq Pius Namwamba",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. This is a very straightforward Bill which we call an omnibus as far as the traditions and customs of this House are concerned. I would wish to add my voice in support of it. It continues, to a very large extent, to do cleaning up, harmonization and making sure that the various pieces of legislation are in sync with the new realities of governance. In this Bill, the Public Procurement and Assets Disposal Act, the Copyright Act and others, have provisions which seek to harmonize terminologies and realities of switching from a Cabinet Minister to Cabinet Secretary and Permanent Secretary to Principal Secretary. It is cleaning up these pieces of legislation to ensure that they are in sync with the current Constitution and governance realities of our time. Though I dare say that this approach of omnibus legislation should be discouraged, as much as possible, to allow pieces of legislation which require substantive attention in this House. In this respect, I have in mind the law on clinical officers which we are debating in this House, and I had an opportunity to make my contribution on it. Yet, this omnibus Bill has also included provisions on this Bill. I would imagine that it would be a lot neater if Bills which are already receiving substantive attention by this House were precluded from omnibus Bills such as this one. The traditions and customs of this House are that the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill by its very nature should deal with crossing “Ts” and dotting “Is” and do little amendments which do not amount to substantive changes. Barring a few amendments which require to be done to this Bill, I otherwise support the provisions that seek to bring harmony and ensure that the various pieces of legislation covered here are in sync with the new constitutional dispensation and the new prevailing governance reality of our times. Hon. Speaker, I support."
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