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    "id": 965469,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is also an amendment on variation of project agreements. The new clause provides that a party who intends to make material amendments to a project agreement in relation to the terms and conditions specified therein, the project or any waivers specified in the agreement shall; a) In the case of national projects, apply for and obtain the approval of the Cabinet Secretary. b) In the case of county level projects, obtain the concurrence of the Cabinet Secretary where the relevant project is supported by a letter of comfort or such other risk mitigation instruments from the national Government. This is because most of the P-projects have a heavy hand by the national Government because of the financial implication that relates to the country, especially if PPP is a foreign investor. The amendments on the Crops Act changes Ministers to Cabinet Secretaries. We also have establishment of Board of Trustees that is going to have various Principal Secretaries and persons appointed from various agencies. Our Committee has done well to propose that the Council of Governors (CoG) must have a heavy hand in it because agriculture is a heavily devolved function. Therefore, the Trustee Fund must have three nominees from the CoG. Managing trustees of the Fund shall be hired from a competitive process as usual like in any other institution. The rest is just changes to capture the various linkages between this Act and other Acts, including the Economic Zones Act, Export Processing Act and so forth. The next law is the Technical and Vocational Education Training Act. There are various amendments in this Act establishing the Council which shall be headed by a Chairman appointed by the Cabinet Secretary. There is a Principal Secretary of TVET, six members appointed by the Cabinet Secretary and so forth. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Committee proposes heavy representation by counties through three members appointed by the CoG. This is because vocational training is largely a devolved function and, therefore, counties must have a hand in it. There is also the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act which has a few amendments being introduced there. One of which is the definition of a local contractor, which is a person whose shareholding is at least 70 per cent owned and controlled by Kenyan citizens or other local companies immediately after the words “in Kenya”. This is an amendment by our Committee, but we must relook at it because it must be in The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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