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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo",
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        "legal_name": "Nicholas Gumbo",
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    "content": "the composition of staff should strictly comply with the provisions of Chapter 13 of the Constitution on the principles of public service. In Clause 17(3), the criterion for deciding the levels of gold, silver and bronze underpins the wholesomeness of the individual to qualify for the award. The problem we have had in this country is that we have very good laws but the rubber meets the road when it comes to implementation. That criterion should be adhered to. In conclusion, I have two concerns with this Bill, and I wish you would just add me one more minute. If you look at the National Honours Act No.11 of 2013 and you compare it with this Bill, you will find that it appears to be no more than an attempt to litter our shelves with statutes that can mean nothing more than amendments to existing laws. The objective of the National Honours Act states that it is an Act of Parliament to give effect and establish procedures and mechanisms for conferring of national honours by the President under Article 132(4)(c) of the Constitution. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, if you look at the object of this Bill, you will realize that it says that it is an Act of Parliament to provide for the conferring of awards to young persons; to provide for the establishment of the President‟s Awards Board of Trustees and for connected purposes. Young persons are people. I cannot understand why someone did not feel it necessary to make this Bill. We could help ourselves by just amending the Bill. I thank God that looking at my very humble background, I have been here for 10 years. I really must thank God for that. Over the years, like I have said before, there is no school which teaches experience. I am really concerned by the extremely low quality of drafting that I have been progressively seeing in this House. Look at the wording in Clause 15. It says “a matter or thing”. Is that really parliamentary? It looks like something taught in primary school. “A matter or thing done by a member of the Board”. Just to compare the perspectives, I just want to read for you something which talks about protection from personal liability. I just want to read to you what we did in the Engineers Act which yours truly almost wrote singlehandedly."
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