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    "content": "beginning of the financial year. Then the issue of Vote on Account will only be in the likely event that the Appropriation Bill is not passed. Be that as it may, I believe that the other thing that we all need to note is that as long as the total or global figure does not exceed the 50 per cent, the discussions are detailed. I am very happy that the Minister for Finance has given this undertaking. I am sure that the Committee will be able to do these things so that Kenyans will not feel that we have shut down this Government, including shutting down this Parliament and us not being able to do anything before we actually get money between 30th and 1st. We only have nine days. Come next week we will only be having that week. If we do not do these things now, we could put ourselves into a lot of risk which is not necessary. I believe that the mood is good. I wish to take this opportunity as I second this Motion to thank Mr. Speaker for having burnt the midnight oil and going through the issues to make the clarification that was sought by hon. Members. As it was emphasized yesterday, this Parliament has a duty to legislate and provide guidance, not just for now but into the future. It can be very different from the arguments that may be proffered out there in the courts by the stakeholders who will go to the courts. They do not have the advantage of having all these hon. Members to enrich their debate. It is just the lawyers on both sides. You can almost see the reason why the courts’ rulings are different from what the Chair is ruling. We thank you for guiding us accordingly in terms of ensuring that Kenya is not brought to a standstill on account of perhaps a ruling that we should have appealed had we got the notice but that did not happen. Thankfully, the House, at least, has saved this country from that situation. I believe I do not need to belabour the point, other than to say let us team up together. Let us give the Minister for Finance his advance. Let us give him maximum time to work with the committee, first of all on the Public Finance Management Bill and then work through the commas, points, figures and lines that were agreed. When we are all happy, we will have the Appropriation Bill here, pass it at the earliest opportunity and we then can make progress. In the meantime, I beg to second."
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