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    "id": 506876,
    "url": "http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/506876/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ng’ongo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 110,
        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "Besides that, there were offices of the Deputy Speaker, Chief Justice and even that of the Attorney General in my original Bill. However, after lengthy deliberations at the Budget and Appropriations Committee stage, where we even invited the Cabinet Secretary responsible for Finance as required by Article 114 of the Constitution, the Committee felt that these offices should be removed, and there are a number of reasons which I do not want to go into right now. Hon. Speaker, as I conclude, why do I think that this amendment is creating a provision that is touching on a money Bill? If you read Article 114, you will see that any provision that would affect or impose charges on the Consolidated Fund gives rise to a money Bill. Therefore, if you provide a new benefit, it is clearly going to impose an extra charge on the Consolidated Fund or even vary it. If you vary the rates which had already been specified by giving more pension even to the retired Prime Minister, that will constitute a money Bill, which should be taken back to the Budget and Appropriations Committee."
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