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    "id": 735044,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I have listened very carefully to my colleague, the Deputy Leader of the Minority Party. I have a lot of respect for him. He has convinced us but, the amendment before us is very substantive. It is very heavy. We are the same Members of Parliament who could not allow the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill carry substantive amendments. Those amendments must be subjected to the stakeholders - CAK, Safaricom, Airtel and the Cabinet Secretary for Information and Communication Technology. They must all be heard. I plead with Hon. Jakoyo that the issues he has raised are very clear and substantive. I urge my colleagues to ask Hon. Jakoyo to withdraw that amendment. On my table is the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, 2017 which has just come from the Office of the Attorney-General (A-G). I want to confirm that I will put his amendment there so that all stakeholders can be called to argue their case. We will be accused as a House. Someone will go to court. We will be accused of having brought in a substantive matter to a Bill regarding minor changes. I want to beg Hon. Jakoyo. I have just campaigned for him to the people of Gem. Please, Hon. Jakoyo, I am sure you will pray because you are a man of God. Please, withdraw. We can even ask the Departmental Committee on Energy, Communication and Information to publish an Amendment Bill or even incorporate it in the Statute Law Bill, but let us give the stakeholders a chance. Let us hear Safaricom, the Cabinet Secretary and other stakeholders."
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