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    "content": "this Public Financial Management Bill, 2012. Thank you very much for according the opportunity to my dear friend Mr. Mbadi to make his very eloquent contribution, particularly to Part II of this Bill, which is titled “Parliamentary Oversight of NationalFinances – Responsibilities of Committees of Parliament ”. I appreciate Mr. Mbadi’s concern and I would be the last to deny Parliament the oversight role on national finances. One of the principles of the present Constitution, which will hold and is fundamental to constitutional government, is the issue of separation of powers. We are still a Republic in which the Government is constituted by three branches, the Executive, Legislature and Judiciary. Those words are very specific in their meaning. The Legislature means the body that is sovereign in law making. Once laws are made then they must be executed, in other words implemented, by the Executive wing of the Government. In the event of any controversy over the manner in which laws are implemented there is the Judiciary, which is an umpire to decide on disputes, implementation and meaning of laws and so on. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, when it comes to finance there is a famous saying that came from the rise of American constitutionalism and liberalism, which was always quoted when the American colonies rebelled against their British masters in the words “No taxation without representation”. Therefore, the role of Parliament when the Executive levies taxes is to ensure that as representatives of the people one, these taxes are levied constitutionally and legally, and secondly that they are used accountably and transparently. I am trying to help the Minister for Finance but he is competing with me in terms of volume of voice, which makes me very confused as to where his loyalty lies. Could I appeal to you to protect me against my dear colleague, whom I am trying to---"
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