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    "id": 276094,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Githae",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Finance",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 159,
        "legal_name": "Robinson Njeru Githae",
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    "content": "The other point that I would like to bring up is that we must use the rules of interpretation and they say that we must interpret the law so that we give effect to it. This was a non-foreseen factor that the President would bring back the Bill - he will not assent to it - to this House so that we can look at his proposed amendments. This was not foreseen. I would call this what the lawyers say “an act of God.” It was inevitable and could not have been foreseen. Therefore, we must interpret our rules. We must interpret the Constitution and our Standing Orders to give effect to what was intended. Parliament intended to enact that piece of legislation. Again, nobody had foreseen that. If we had not gone on recess, we would have debated the President’s memoranda and either accepted or over-ridden it. Secondly, the clauses that the President wants amended, Clause 207, is not among them. So, in effect, we can say that for all practical purposes, that clause, because Parliament passed it and the President has not proposed any amendment, in effect, you can say it is a question of time before it becomes law. We need to give effect. We need to interpret our rules to give effect to the Constitution. Coming to this Bill, the Public Financial Management Bill, by the time the period specified by the Schedule expired, this Bill was with this House. It was the property of this House. Obviously, this House has its own rules and procedures. Again, there is heavy business for this House. Basically, it is this House which has not passed that law before"
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