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    "id": 776548,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Otiende Amollo",
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        "legal_name": "Paul Otiende Amollo",
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    "content": "would like to suggest that the Committee might consider tidying up that particular section so that it does not offend Article 40. My fifth and last point is on Clause 96 on page 1552 of the Bill. It copiously endeavours to allow the public access to information and in several sub-clauses it does prescribe in what manner and how. While it is well-meaning, I am afraid it falls short of the threshold in Article 35. But more fundamentally, there is already an entire Act passed by this House, the Access to Information Act, which dedicates in great detail how and in what circumstances one is to obtain information from public entities. I am afraid that Clause 96 not only falls short of the threshold in Article 35, it is also of a lesser pedigree than the Access to Information Act. But more importantly, because we already have that Act, we do not require this entire Clause 96 because it is provided for in another legislation. I would like to respectfully suggest to the Committee that it would serve them well to delete that entire clause. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, with that I support this Bill."
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