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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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    "content": "resources which are subject to transactions. The beneficiary is required to submit the agreement within 14 days after entering into that transaction. This Part further states that agreements shall be accompanied by a memorandum which must provide specific particulars of what the agreement is all about. Therefore, there must be an element of clarity with regard to what has been signed. Clause 6 of the Bill deals with the submission of agreements by the Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Natural Resources to both Houses of Parliament, for the purpose of only ratifying. The ratified agreement shall be valid and those not ratified shall be void in accordance with Clause 7 of the Bill. It provides for when ratification is void and when it is valid. Clause 8 requires Parliament to make a decision on whether or not to ratify a transaction within 60 days of receipt. Parliament does not have an open-ended timeframe. This Bill states for now, as a proposal, that both Houses of Parliament shall deal with this matter for a period of 60 days. I hope, and I want to go on record, that the Senate will abide by this time-frame of 60 days. I am sure the National Assembly will abide by it. This is very good. Parliament should be given timelines because we make laws for the people of Kenya. Part IV of the Bill provides for the administrative arrangements. It deals with what is required of the Cabinet Secretary in charge of Environment and Natural Resources. It also deals with what the Registrar is supposed to keep in electronic form. Clause 12 of the Bill deals with confidentiality. It provides that the Cabinet Secretary responsible for the environment must have some confidentiality in as far as the matter he or she is dealing with is concerned. The CS has the power to declare an agreement or portion of it confidential and not to make it available for public scrutiny. We need to look at that provision. The Chairperson of the Committee will explain at what stage the CS can declare part of an agreement confidential. Part V mainly deals with miscellaneous provisions. Clause 13 of the Bill empowers the CS responsible for matters relating to the environment to make regulations. So, ultimately, regulations will be brought to the House by the CS in charge of the environment. Clause 14 of the Bill provides for the computation of time. Clause 15 of the Bill saves the transaction that was lawfully entered into after the effective date but before the commencement date. This Bill shall occasion expenditure of public funds and it affects county governments. That is why the Bill talks about Parliament. The Bill will pass through both Houses. That is a brief overview of the Natural Resources (Classes of Transactions Subject to Ratification) Bill, 2015. I ask the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, Hon. Amina Abdalla, to second."
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