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    "id": 1000681,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Mbadi",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "First, let me start by thanking and congratulating the Budget and Appropriations Committee, which I am a Member, for a job well done. A credible Budget is prepared through a process that is considered transparent, accountable, comprehensive and faithful to the political direction. If I put it in simple terms, a credible Budget is one where the Government, through budgetary allocations of resources, tries to actualise what it says so that it is done to the citizenry. We are all aware that the Constitution 2010 gave more powers or conferred the power of the purse to this House, unlike previously when this House had limited powers in the Budget-making process. In fact, Parliament before 2010 was a rubber stamp. However, right now, we have a Parliament that has the power of the purse. It discusses the Budget Estimates and makes changes or amendments in line with the priority objectives of the country and after consulting extensively with the Executive. This power is enshrined under Article 221 of the Constitution. If you like, you can read Chapter 12 of the Constitution on Public Finance."
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