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    "id": 901046,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/901046/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ruaraka, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. T.J. Kajwang’",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 2712,
        "legal_name": "Tom Joseph Kajwang'",
        "slug": "kajwang-tom-joseph-francis"
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    "content": " Hon. Deputy Speaker, let me go on record to thank the Government for bringing this Bill. However, I think we need to seriously discuss the use of Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bills. Kenyans will suffer if we are going to go this direction with legislation. This is because we saw some heavy stuff introduced to the Gaming Act and the procurement law through this legislation. Some of these things need policy papers to guide us on where the country is going on some of the issues that have huge implications. For example, on punitive laws, some Cabinet Secretary wakes up one morning and proposes a Kshs10 million fine or 20 years imprisonment. You do not know what kind of statistics or penalty philosophy that has gone into that decision. They introduce such major changes to the law through Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bills. If we are going to go in this direction, I am afraid things will not work. I think it is high time we did a legislation to control the manner in which Government officers propose legislation through the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bills. For example, there is a section we passed – I think it is Section 48 of the Gaming Act – in which one part of legislation is different from the proviso. What is now on record is that we will have subsection (a), which does not refer completely to subsection 2, therefore, making the entire section not agreeable."
}