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    "content": "Clause 9 seeks to make a provision for amending Section 10 of the principal Act. This is a new provision we intend to introduce so that the relevant Cabinet Secretary may, at the point of ratifying a treaty under this Act, be accompanied by the Leader of the Majority Party or the Leader of the Minority Party of the party forming the government or a representative. That is purely formal as the treaty heads towards ratification. That is what the Bill is all about. Hon. Temporary Speaker, the National Assembly is charged with all the economic matters of the country right from budgeting and taxation to appropriation. All those factors need to be involved in the making of treaties. This is purely because of public interest and the sovereignty of the State to ensure that the laws that we make and those that we domesticate from outside are all in conformity with our Constitution, statutes and regulations. With those very many remarks, I beg to move and invite the Chief Whip of the Minority Party, the gracious lady, Hon. Millie Odhiambo, a seasoned lawyer who is now doing her PhD in something serious and relevant to what we do and say in the House, to second the Bill."
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