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    "id": 901955,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Bomet Central, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ronald Tonui",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 1242,
        "legal_name": "Ronald Kiprotich Tonui",
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    "content": " Thank you. That is my name. I had already commented on a number of amendments on various Acts. I want to continue with the Merchants Shipping Act. We want to cede the power of this House to the Cabinet Secretary because what we are proposing here, notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, is that the Cabinet Secretary may, on the recommendation of the Authority by a gazette notice and subject to such conditions as they may be appropriate, exempt any Government entity or enterprise from the provisions of this Act where such exception is in public interest. I believe this is ceding power of this House to the Executive to make laws. That is not the way to go. When it comes to the issue of public interest being determined by the Cabinet Secretary, surely that is giving a blank cheque to the CS to write on. Therefore, I oppose this proposal. We should never do such an irresponsible act of handing over the responsibilities of Parliament to another arm of Government. On the Court of Appeal Act, where we are proposing an amendment to introduce some recesses, it is unfair. Each individual judge of the Court of Appeal can proceed on leave. He can go on holiday, but not the whole court taking leave during a certain period. That will be unfair to clients who are seeking stay-orders from the Court of Appeal. Individual judges should be the ones to take that leave, but not the whole court. That will be unfair since some issues are very urgent to clients who go to courts and they need to be heard. So, if the court will be away on recess for a period of nearly a month, from mid-December to mid-January…"
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