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    "id": 706840,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ng’ongo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "I see that the Committee bases its decision on three grounds. The first ground is that there is lack of compliance with the Public Finance Management Regulations, 2015. Remember, we are talking about one regulation not being in compliance with another regulation. It is not the Public Finance Management Act, the way I read it, unless it is a mistake. But why would one regulation strictly be in compliance with another regulation? There is no law anywhere that insubordinates a regulation to another regulation. Even the strict reading of the Public Finance Management Regulations, 2015, does not provide any ground for disagreement between these two regulations. The Committee tells us, and they have picked this from the regulations, that one of the requirements is that the establishment of the Fund shall be initiated through a proposal by the CS responsible for the national Government entity under which the functions of the Fund shall fall, clearly setting out the justifications, and submit to the CS. My understanding is that the Fund we are setting up is for the Senate. The Senate does not fall under any CS. The Senate falls under Parliamentary Service Commission. These regulations are based on the Parliamentary Service Act. So, in my view, I do not see any inconsistency between the requirement of this regulation and what the Senate has done. There are other provisions in the Public Finance Management Regulations, 2015, but I do not see any conflict that the Committee has ably elaborated on for us to make a decision. The Committee states that it observed that the making of the regulations did not adhere to the requirements of the Public Finance Management Regulations, 2015 as outlined above. The Committee has not explained how."
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