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    "content": "Where do we suppose that Accounting Officer will get money to pay? We ought to look at this Petition differently. During this period, when we are still discussing the Budget, Parliament ought to allocate money that can be used by Ministries to pay court fees and orders. I remember last year when Mr. Torome, the Principal Secretary, was found in contempt of court by Justice Sergon for refusing to pay Kshs17.2 million that had been awarded to a family in Mombasa, he said he did not have the money unless Parliament allocated the money. So, the Treasury ought to put a line item because it is not only those ex-military officers who have not been paid whatever the court awarded them. There are farmers whose crops were destroyed by wildlife and when you go to the Attorney-General, he will tell you that he has no money. There are people who worked in Government institutions who were dismissed. The court found that they had been dismissed wrongly but they have not been paid. When we look at this Petition, we should do so from a holistic point of view. We should advise the Treasury to include another line item in the budget of miscellaneous. If it was in the middle of the year, they could have done a supplementary budget and then do an audit of all the money that is supposed to be paid to Kenyans who have been awarded by courts. Sometimes I wonder whether state officers or accounting officers deliberately disobey court orders."
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