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"legal_name": "Sylvester Wakoli Bifwoli",
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"content": "As to the legal opinion, it has given rise to a lot of confusion in the public eye. The legal opinion which the Attorney-General signs normally after the contract has been concluded and executed by the relevant Ministry and Treasury is an opinion which authenticates the various signatures of the aggrieved, already executed by the relevant parties of which the Attorney-General is not. What does the legal opinion normally state? I am saying this because this is not something that we have even in the private sector. It is only in the Government and it is only the Attorney-General who signs these things anywhere. For example, if the contract had been executed by a Minister or a Permanent Secretary, the legal opinion normally states: âI am the Attorney General. The person who signed this contract was So-and-So. That person was duly appointed as a Minister or Permanent Secretary and was duly and properly occupying that position at the time the contract was entered into.â I would like to refer to the law, whether it is the Exchequer Audit Act or the Government Loans Guarantee Act which states that under a specified"
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