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    "id": 440307,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo",
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        "legal_name": "Nicholas Gumbo",
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    "content": "will realize that when you look at our Constitution, it provides the composition of the National Executive, it also provides for the composition of the Cabinet. While the Constitution is clear that the President, for instance, can dismiss the Cabinet Secretary, it does not expressly say so with regard to the Principal Secretary. Also going by the Constitution alone, and I think this has caused some confusion in some Ministries, it is not clear who between the Cabinet Secretary and the Principal Secretary are the accounting officers in their respective Ministries. I have written to you and the Attorney- General about this issue. As we go forward, it would be important for us to bring laws to this House so that they can define the duties and the functions of the National Executive and the Cabinet collectively and the Cabinet Secretaries on their own as well as the Principal Secretaries on their own. I think any law that will make it possible for a country to run smoothly will be useful and will be to the benefit of our country. With those remarks, I wish to second."
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