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    "id": 855613,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": " Secondly, as I oppose, when the Chair says that the serious stakeholders were not given a chance, that beats logic. Parliament is a forum in legislation that listens to all stakeholders within the reading of the Standing Orders. That is why a Bill is published and read for the First Time. It is published in the newspapers. Call in stakeholders and listen to them. I expected the Chair to say he had listened to the stakeholders and this is what they said. But not that the stakeholders were not given a chance. In fact, in law-making it is Parliament as an institution that protects through public participation. According to an article in the Constitution it protects the stakeholders out there. I am supporting this amendment because it was seeking to amend the Act to make provisions for safeguarding of essential services during industrial action. Let us not be very selfish and make legislation for posterity and for protecting mothers and children. For example, what is an essential service and this happens in other jurisdictions? Health care service is essential, services at the airport are essential. There are services that touch on national security. I know I might not win, there are trade unionists around or their representatives. I really want to go on record. The Chair is laughing because he knows where he is coming from."
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