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    "id": 708083,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move: THAT, Clause 58 of the Bill be amended – (a) by deleting Sub-clause (1) and substituting therefor the following new Sub-clause – (1) The Cabinet Secretary shall, within thirty days of the approval of field development plan submitted in accordance with the terms of a production sharing contract entered into under this Act, submit the production sharing contract together with the field development plan to Parliament for ratification in accordance with Article 71 of the Constitution. (b) by deleting Sub-clause (2) and substituting therefor the following new sub-clause – (2) Parliament shall, within sixty days after receiving the production sharing contract and field development plan under subsection (1)– (a) ratify the production sharing contract and the field development plan; or (b) refuse to ratify the production sharing contract and the field development plan and refer the documents back to the cabinet secretary for reconsideration stating the reasons for the refusal. (c) by deleting Sub-Clause (5) and substituting therefor the following new sub-clause– (5) If Parliament does not make a decision under sub-section (2) within ninety days, the production sharing contract and the field development plan shall be deemed to have been ratified. Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, this means the Cabinet Secretary is under obligation to, within 30 days, bring the production sharing contract, field development contract and field development plan documents to Parliament for ratification. He cannot engage the stakeholders without Parliament’s approval, and this is in accordance with Article 71 of the Constitution. The President is also telling us to delete Sub-clause 2 and substitute therefore with a new clause which says: “Parliament shall within 30 days after receiving the same document from the Cabinet Secretary.” The Cabinet Secretary and Parliament are given 30 days. I do not know how our colleagues in the Senate will survive with this 30 days’ timeline. The President should have been advised by the Attorney-General that the Senate is slow and cannot do this within 30 days. They should be given 60 days."
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