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    "content": "So, when you combine “colossal sums of public funds and inordinate---” So, you could have a case where the CBK has lost money, but the time has not been inordinate. Again, you could have a case where the CBK has paid fees to lawyers to defend cases that arise from “acute negligence”. I mean, they could have lawyers in cases where the negligence is not acute. So, really it is a Question that is not clear. Part (b) of the Question asks: “Could the Minister provide a full list of all cases where the Central Bank has used public funds to pay lawyers in respect of such cases covering the period 1990 to date and indicate the case numbers, parties involved, the names of the lawyers and the fees paid to each?” This follows from part (a) of the Question. If he had asked: Could the Minister provide a list of all cases where the CBK has paid lawyers; we could provide that list. However, when he says that he wants only a list where the CBK has been losing colossal sums of money and then he says for an inordinate period, this really restricts the Question to almost nothing. So, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Questioner needs to rephrase his Question. If he wants a list of all the lawyers that the CBK has paid, he needs to be specific, and say, for example, from 1990 to date, and we can provide that. But when he ties it to negligence, inordinate delay, acute negligence--- Maybe, they are paid where there is only some small negligence, but he talks of acute negligence. I am lost."
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