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    "id": 629355,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/629355/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Abdalla",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 382,
        "legal_name": "Amina Ali Abdalla",
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    "content": "THAT, Clause 12 of the Bill be amended by deleting sub-clause (2) and substituting therefor the following new sub-clause— “(2) Where the request for confidentiality is granted, the Cabinet Secretary responsible for the natural resource that is subject of the transaction shall submit the agreement to Parliament which shall conduct the process of ratification in camera without disclosing any confidential material, but a summary of the agreement shall be made available to the public.” Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Clause 12, as it is currently in the Bill, gives the Cabinet Secretary a blank cheque to decide what can be publicly disclosed or for purposes of commercial confidentiality, national security or other public interest and asking Parliament to approve such an agreement without it knowing what is contained therein. We are suggesting that such a grant of confidentiality should be submitted to Parliament under a process in camera to let Members know what exactly is in it to be undertaken so that we are not ratifying things in blindness."
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