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    "id": 919035,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/919035/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "In particular, the Senate proposes to amend Clause 2 of the said Bill with the intention of introducing new definitions to the term “accounting officer”. The proposed amendment raises several issues as follows: (i) Section 3 of the Interpretation and General Provisions Act (Cap 2 of the Laws of Kenya) provides that the term “accounting officer” has the meaning given by Section 2(1) of the Public Finance Management Act, 2012. Cap 2 of the Laws of Kenya and therefore assigns any and all definitions and interpretations of the term “accounting officer” to the parent Act that handles public finance legislation, that is the Public Finance Management Act; (ii) The National Assembly has already legislated on the definition of “accounting officer” by amending the parent Act, namely the Public Finance Management Act 2012, through the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.21 of 2019). The legislation by the National Assembly in this regard was passed on 13th June 2019 and it provided that: The Public S.2 (1) in the definition of “accounting officer”- Finance “(d) in the case of the Parliamentary Service Commission- Management"
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