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    "id": 431973,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ng’ongo",
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 3 of the Bill be amended in the proposed new subsection (7) by deleting paragraph (c). Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I propose that Clause 3 be amended as on the Order Paper. Mine is very simple and actually if we delete this, then the Committee’s amendment dies. The reason is simple, if you listened to arguments by hon. Nyamweya the whole afternoon, they were only based on Clause 3(7)(c); it says, that once we pass this Bill, then the proceeds that will be received by issuance of sovereign bonds can be used out there to pay for debts of the country, without the money first coming to the Consolidated Fund or to a public fund set up by an act of Parliament. I find this to be contradictory to Article 206 of the Constitution. I do not think this is a major thing. Actually, both sides of the House should just support this amendment; really, we should not allow the Government to be paying contractors or suppliers outside there without money or the loan coming to our Consolidated Fund or a public fund. I do not know whether Members were listening, but actually, this clause 3(7)(c) is what hon. Nyamweya was talking about and trying to make the whole Bill appear as if it is what we were intending to do. So, I plead with my colleagues that we delete this particular provision in the proposed amendment, so that we do not give room to the Government, or any mischievous officer of Government, to pay suppliers outside the country with proceeds of loans without the loans first coming to the Consolidated Fund. Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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