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    "id": 874383,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/874383/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 407,
        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "If I can read the Gazette Notice and this Act to go specifically to the exemption part, it says: – “It is notified for the general information of the public that in pursuit of powers conferred on the Cabinet Secretary under Section114(2) of the East African Community Customs Management Act of 2004, and in consequence of the declaration by the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Kenya Defence Forces of a national disaster, through Executive Order 1 of 2017, duty shall not be charged for the importation of items set out in the Schedule here into.” On that Schedule, maize is one of those items. I am, therefore, completely baffled when I look at the recommendations that have been made by this ad hoc Committee, that clearly say that the CS of the National Treasury and Planning should take responsibility. It is important for us to look at the Gazette Notice. In the same annexure of Gazette Notices which have been laid on the Table of this House by the Committee, there is a similar Gazette Notice, which is probably from the Chief Justice. It says:- “In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 10 of the Community Service Order Act---” This is specific to Kenya. Therefore, when I look at the Gazette Notice which was published under the directive of the CS, Treasury and Planning, there was a consequence and an Executive order. I am, therefore, not sure who should take responsibility here; should it be the President of the Republic of Kenya?"
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