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    "id": 790099,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Losiakou",
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        "legal_name": "Losiakou David Pkosing",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move: THAT, Clause 56 of the Bill be amended – (a) in sub-clause (2) by inserting the words “designing, constructing, operating” immediately before the words “maintaining” appearing in paragraph (a)”; (b) in sub-clause (4) – (i) by deleting paragraph (f) and substituting therefor the following new paragraph− “(f) the manner in which the proceeds of the charges shall be collected, administered and allocated;” and, (ii) by inserting the following new paragraphs immediately after paragraph (f) – “(fa) the collection of user related charges by a private party under a public private partnership arrangement; and, (fb) the remittance of all collected user charges in a manner prescribed by the Cabinet Secretary responsible for finance.” (c) by inserting the following new sub-clause immediately after sub-clause (4) – “(5) Regulations made under sub-section (4) may prescribe a penalty in respect of any contravention of any provisions thereof.” The reasons are very clear. I am trying to cure the problem where somebody may ask what the levy is for, for example, when you are doing PPP and tolling. The amendment seeks to ensure that road user charges levied are also for purposes of recovering the cost of designing, construction and operating a road so as to take care of investor interest in a PPP arrangement. That will give confidence to investors. We are bringing these amendments because of experience. This country introduced the PPP arrangement sometime and we have not even taken off because people ask many questions. Remember, we are not even paying for the designs. They are coming to design and construct the road, so that the levies that we will do shall also cover the cost of designing, construction and maintaining the road."
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