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    "id": 686637,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kamau",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Jamleck Irungu Kamau",
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    "content": "view that the CS may not get into the operations of any firm, but he or she will have the overall jurisdiction of making sure that the contractor does what is supposed to be done under the law. After deliberations, the Mediation Committee agreed with these amendments for the simple justification that there is need to remove the requirement for approval by the CS when a contractor is engaging an operator. The contractual relationship is only between the contractor and the operator on one side. On the other side, the relationship is between the contractor and the Government. Therefore, on this, the recommendation that had earlier on been given by the Senate was accepted by the Mediation Committee. Clause 49 of the Bill was rejected by the National Assembly on the basis that it was vague and ambiguous. It was not clear as to what the amendments by the Senate were referring to since the Senate had recommended to delete the word “ten” immediately after the words “not less than” and substituting therefore with the word “two.” One is relating to the period under which somebody can be jailed and the other is relating to the fines. After deliberations, the Committee agreed with the amendments, removed the ambiguity and agreed that the amendment by the Senate was specifically to reduce imprisonment term from “not less than ten years” to “not less than two years”. This is because two years will be a long term to serve but the amendment was not in relation to the amounts of fine. Those were the amendments and I beg to move. I ask my able Vice-Chair, Hon. Jackson Kiptanui to second."
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