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    "id": 1261812,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1261812/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui Central, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. First, I thank the Leader of the Majority Party for moving the Bill. Before I discuss the Committee’s Report, allow me to make some introductory comments. This Bill was published on 4th May 2023 and it was read the First Time on 6th June 2023. Thereafter, it was referred to the Public Debt and Privatisation Committee for considerations. In line with our Standing Orders, two advertisements were published in TheDaily Nation and The Standard newspapers, calling for stakeholders and individuals to submit their comments on this Bill. In response to that advertisement, we got some comments from institutions and individuals. We got submissions from TISA, the International Budget Partnership (IBP), Kenya Chapter; The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), and the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK). We also got submissions from the University of Nairobi Women Economic Empowerment Hub, Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) as well as from individuals, namely: Mr. Jimmy Wanjigi and Ms. Valentine Wangeci Okwaro. Hon. Speaker, on the basis of these interactions, the Committee prepared a Report, which we tabled yesterday. I want to highlight some issues from this Report. Before, I do that, it is also important that I appreciate the support we got from your office, the Office of the Clerk of the National Assembly, all the stakeholders, the National Treasury, our Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) and our Legal Department. With this support, we managed to go through this Bill, which has seven clauses. I will, very quickly, take the House through it clause by clause so that Members can appreciate the Bill and debate it adequately."
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