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    "id": 862585,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Murang’a CWR, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Sabina Chege",
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        "legal_name": "Sabina Wanjiru Chege",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Bill. I am worried to see that this Bill is very old and it has covered the contracts that the Government enters into. Now with the promulgation of the new Constitution, we now have the county governments. We are committing the Government in several areas. Some of the contracts that we are committing a lot of money to, in terms of borrowing, are from outside countries. Then you wonder who authorised them. I think it is important, and I support that the Attorney General must authorise any kind of contract that the Government, especially the national Government enters into. We have been at pains, especially when we go before the Budget and Appropriations Committee, to try and explain how some of the contracts were entered into. I think in the past few days, you have seen what has happened with the issue of the managed equipment system that was done by the national Government to the county governments. It was not clear how the contracts were done. So, if some of these things pass through the Office of the Attorney-General, we will be able to know how we are committing this nation. There is also the issue of how the contracts are done. Some of the contractors will come in with some conditions and, maybe, the Government might not be able to meet them. It is important then that the Attorney General thoroughly looks into all those commitments. I was a bit worried when I looked at this Bill. In fact, I wondered when it will be effective. This is because I did not really see the effective date. So, as the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning goes through the Bill, it needs to put the effective date so that we know when the Bill is going to be effective. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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