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    "content": "is concurrence of the National Treasury, through the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning. In absence of evidence that the affected Amendments were proposed and processed in the manner contemplated in Article 114 of the Constitution, the Speaker is left with no option but to direct that the Committee of the House shall not consider any of the Amendments or parts of Amendments that have been published in the Order Paper with a disclaimer. Consequently, Members should note that a Member seeking to delete a Clause need not have an Amendment proposing the deletion of a Clause. This is because a Member is only required to rise and oppose a Clause as published in the Bill. This effectively, enables any Member to prosecute his or her opposition to a Clause despite the requirements of Article 114 of the Constitution. Further, I hastened to inform the House that all proposed Amendments for which requirements of Article 114 of the Constitution do not apply are next in the Order Paper. Hon. Members, a number of proposed amendments have since been received from three Members namely: Hon. Joshua Kandie MP, Hon. George Sunkuiya, MP and Hon. Robert Basil Ngui, MP, outside the time provided for in the Standing Orders. For clarity, Standing Order 133(2) provides as follows: “No amendment shall be moved to any part of a Bill by any Member, other than the Member in charge of the Bill, unless with written notification of the amendment shall have been given to the Clerk 24 hours before the commencement of the Sitting at which that part of the Bill is to be considered in Committee.” The House will, therefore, note that the three proposed Amendments are time barred. However, note that some of the Amendments have been incorporated in the Amendments proposed by the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning. Hon. Members, I give this direction with full consciousness that the intention of Article 114 of the Constitution is not to curtail the legislative mandate of the House. The Article merely seeks to ensure that in as much as this House reserves the power to determine revenue raising measures, it does not commit to the Executive without taking cognisance of the fiscal policy and considerations of the National Government. The House is accordingly guided. Thank you. Leader of the Minority Party."
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