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    "content": "The matters which the Motion intends to be addressed by the proposed ad hoc select committee fall squarely under the mandate of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning. For clarity, under Standing Order No. 216 as read together with the Second Schedule to the Standing Orders which provides for the mandate of Departmental Committees, the subjects that are dealt with by the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning include public finance, monetary policies, public debt, financial institutions excluding those in securities exchange, investment and divestiture policies, pricing policies, banking, insurance, population, revenue policies including taxation, national planning and development. In this regard, the House Business Committee is of the view that the matters listed in the proposed Notice of Motion perfectly fall within the mandate of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning. (ii) Conflict with Standing Order No. 86. This provision of the Standing Orders prohibits any Member from referring to substance of any matter that is before a committee of the House. Members will recall that since the commencement of this Parliament, the National Treasury has always submitted statutory reports and statistics on the status of the loans contracted or guaranteed by the national Government, the National Debt Management Strategies and related reports. These matters are still pending before the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning and some before the Budget and Appropriations Committee. Indeed, the Member for Gatundu South is a member of the latter Committee. Hon. Members, having said that, I now direct the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning to expedite its examination of public debt related documents that have been submitted to this House. The documents include the following: 1) A Report to Parliament on all new loans contracted by Government from 1st February 2017 to 30th June 2017; 2) A Report on all new loans contracted by the Government of Kenya from 1st July 2017 to 31st October 2017; 3) A Report to Parliament on all new loans contracted by the Government of Kenya from 1st November 2017 to 28th February 2018; 4) A Report to Parliament on all new loans contracted by the Government Kenya from 1st July 2018 to 31st December 2018; 5) A Report to Parliament on all new loans contracted by the Government of Kenya from 1st January 2019 to 30th April 2019; 6) A Report to Parliament on all new loans contracted by the Government of Kenya from 1st May 2019 to 31st August 2019; 7) The 2018/2019 Estimates of Revenue Grants and Loans of the Government for the year ending 30th June 2019; 8) The 2019 Medium Term Debt Management Strategy; 9) The 2019/2020 Estimates of Revenue Grants and Loans of the Government for the year ending 30th June 2020; 10) Report of the Auditor-General on the Financial Statements of the Government Investment and Public Enterprises (Statement of Outstanding Loans) for the year ended 30th June 2018; The Committee is expected to submit its report to the House early next Session. The House and the Member are accordingly guided. I thank you, Hon. Members. Yes, Hon. Leader of the Majority Party. 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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