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    "content": "From the very onset, I would like to put it across that a number of the issues that have been raised by hon. Members are actually already well taken care of in this particular Bill. If it is a question of the limit, it is this House that shall set the limit. The Cabinet Secretary does not have the power to exceed in terms of the guarantees that it gives. The limit is, first and foremost, set by this House. So, therefore, at every stage, this House has a role to play. The second issue that has been raised is the issue of the possibility of the national Government crowding out the county governments. Again, this Bill in Clause 2(d) makes it very clear that the terms of the guarantee must comply again with the fiscal responsibility principles and financial objectives of the national Government. What does this mean? This means that as per the requirements again of the new budget law that we have incorporated in the new Constitution, the Cabinet Secretary must present before the House the Budget Policy Statement. That Budget Policy Statement must clearly indicate the programmes that the Government intends to initiate over that period, including basically the guarantees that it intends to give. So, again, this House will be given and will have the opportunity, as a representative of the people, to interrogate and to ensure that the principle of equity, especially, is adhered to."
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