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    "content": "The bank must be convinced of the reason why it should give you the money. It must be satisfied with the reason why it is giving you the money. It must be satisfied that the money is going to be put into good use. It cannot give you the money for the sake of giving you. So, as far as I am concerned, it is critical that as we read Section 3, it should go together with Section 5, which states that:- “The manner of obtaining approval of the National Assembly to guarantees---“ It specifies and says why. I support this. I support the expansion of this country. I support the growth of the energy sector. The roads should expand, but the Government must be more accountable by following the right procedures, so that we can know what we are approving. We cannot say that we are approving just for the sake of approving. Yes, they need the guarantee for development. The Minister for Energy has seconded the Motion and has talked about the project that he has. Why has he not come up with a Sessional Paper to be debated at the same time, so that it is passed and we know what he is going to do with the money? Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in the past, we had a Government which was very irresponsible in the use of funds. We are not giving a small expansion. It is from Kshs80 billion to kshs200 billion. It maybe in shillings, but when you look at it in dollars, we are increasing it more than twofold. I am not against that, but they say that they will come with Sessional Papers to show what they want to do. They should have brought those Sessional Papers here, we discuss them and pass them. I do not trust what this Government is doing. With those remarks, I oppose the Motion."
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