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    "id": 196720,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kimunya",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Finance",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 174,
        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand to support the Motion to accelerate the time to discuss this important Accountants Bill. Allow me also to take this opportunity to clarify some issues which may be creating an impression that, perhaps, there is something being rushed through or sneaked in. The intention is very clear; it is to ensure that this House has adequate work to do. We want to give taxpayers value for their money as we sit here. I want to, first of all, give my undertaking to this House that the Accountants Bill will not proceed to the Committee Stage before it has been fully scrutinised by the relevant Departmental Committee of this House. Whether it takes months, it will not come here for passage before it has actually been scrutinised. We can walk and chew gum at the same time. While waiting for the Departmental Committees to be formed, we can be discussing the Bill. We will have some input for the Committee to look at, so that they will also be looking at what hon. Members will have proposed. I see no contradiction. Let us use the time we have to turn the lemons into lemonade and move on with speed. Let us discuss the Procedural Motion and proceed to the Bill. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let us discuss the Bill today and on the subsequent days until we are all satisfied and wait for it to mature in terms of its processing in the Departmental Committee. When the Committee is ready, it will bring its Report here. I will then be ready to move the Bill to the Committee Stage. I believe that with that understanding, we can all move together in the same direction, so that we create some business for this House and give Kenyans value for their money. We want to demonstrate to them that they voted us in to work in the House rather than get lost within the procedures. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, with that clarification, I would beg the House to expedite the Procedural Motion with speed and start the debate on the Accountants Bill. Everyone will have his or her time to say his or her piece on what we need to do even before the relevant Departmental Committee is formed. 442 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES April 15, 2008 With those remarks, I beg to support."
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