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    "id": 435436,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Langat",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Benjamin Kipkirui Langat",
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    "content": "Thank you very much hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. First and foremost, I must say that on Clause 3(7)(c) the Committee noted it had an issue. The solution is not to delete it, the way hon. Mbadi is suggesting. We have reached a compromised position because loans by the Government come in several ways; some of them have to be paid directly. A classic example was when the Government was procuring the Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) machines; it was a government to government arrangement, where the government of Canada agreed to fund that transaction; they paid the supplier and we received the kits. Those are some of the cases where government to government issues arise. Therefore, we need to provide for that situation where the Government engages with another government on loans. When you look at my amendment, although I do not want to discuss it now, I would really want to propose that hon. Mbadi, who is an accountant like myself and understands what I am saying--- He is just trying not to. I want to beg him to withdraw his amendment and support mine. This is because of the many types of loans. There are those which require direct payment, and we have given in my proposal a safeguard, so that if there are any issues, then it will be government to government and not government to a private sector entity. So, I request the House to oppose the amendment."
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