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    "id": 897977,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Machakos Town, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Victor Munyaka",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 86,
        "legal_name": "Victor Kioko Munyaka",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. At the outset, I would like to appreciate the Leader of the Majority Party and Hon. Members for indulging me on Tuesday because these amendments came through a Supplementary Order Paper, which I was not aware of and I was caught off guard. We could not be able to proceed. But, today, I am ready and we can now proceed. Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move: THAT, the Bill be amended in the Schedule in the proposed amendments to the Betting and Lotteries and Gaming Act Cap. 131— (d) by deleting the proposed amendments to Section 3(10); We proposed the deletion of this particular section because the amendment was going to be in conflict with Section 4(1)(a) of the Betting, Lotteries and Gaming Act which provides that the board has the power to issue licences and permits under the Act. It does not indicate another authority to do so. The second reason for our rejection is this: The amendment creates a governance problem. The board is the employer and allowing the Public Service Commission to appoint the Director- General with the authority of the Cabinet Secretary will create interference. The third reason was issuing of the permits and licences by either of the two persons will create uncertainties in the execution of their functions. Those are the justifications we gave for deleting that particular amendment."
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