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    "id": 298084,
    "url": "http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/298084/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Midiwo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Washington Jakoyo Midiwo",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in the HBC the Minister for Agriculture said that she even went to the Minister to complain that she heard from a third party that in her budget one item which is the Agricultural Finance Corporation (AFC) - we are an agricultural country - Parliament passed Kshs1 billion and somebody in Treasury reduced it to Kshs300 million without the authority of Parliament. This is fundamental. In the HBC, where the substantive Speaker was and we had one yesterday, the Speaker said that the only tenable position is when this House has in front of it printed estimates. Yesterday, in your presence we agreed. I tried to say that let us table this Bill and before it is moved, let us have the Budget Committee to quickly look at it to prove the figures. We said it can be done as we debate but it cannnot be done without the Printed Estimates. This is fundamental because I have looked at the figures without those Printed Estimates and I have found generally, a variance of about Kshs289 billion which is hard to explain. We do not want to pass something here--- This is an election year and it is important as Kenyans--- The people are watching us. The mistakes this Parliament has been making as we rush are not tenable because we are making them on issues which are germane to the future of this country. We need guidance and I wish to table the minutes of the House Business Committee."
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