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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. George Ng’ang’a",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. There is a question that was asked on how one unlocks this impasse. First, we do not ourselves see any impasse. What we have is a problem that has been created solely by the Executive. We say this because, first of all, when the Assembly discharged its mandate and approved the budget in line with the law, it is the Executive that intentionally sabotaged that process. What you heard is that they did not forward the Appropriation Bill to the Assembly. Therefore, without that Appropriation Bill then there was absolutely no way that the budget would have been implemented. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you heard the Controller of Budget in the morning saying that the opportunity that she has had to listen to the parties, the variation was not big. However, we were then told by the CEC Finance, that this budget could not be implemented. I think the Hon. Senators were quick to see where the problem lies. If the problem was that variation, what then would have been so difficult in having the Bill forwarded to the Assembly, passed by the Assembly then you initiate the process of implementation of the budget? Then along the way, you can either come up with a supplementary budget or just resolve whatever issues there might be in the process of implementation. The problem that we have, where the residents of Nyeri County cannot access services, has not been occasioned by the assembly. The assembly is now being blamed for discharging its mandate. But just because that document that was approved by the assembly is not what the executive considers palatable, the executive now decides that they will not have this budget implemented. That would be wrong because it is blackmail. Probably, they want to push this institution to a point where salaries are delayed, operations cannot go on and then, you will be told that it is you who caused this. That unless you rethink your position and forward to them a budget that they can work with, this problem will continue indefinitely. That is not how devolution was fashioned to work. If the independence of this very important organ called the assembly is not protected from this sort of machination, then the dream that was envisioned by the framers of the Constitution will be lost. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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