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    "id": 1005847,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ugunja, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Opiyo Wandayi",
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        "legal_name": "James Opiyo Wandayi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I support the Report of the Budget and Appropriations Committee (BAC) on the Supplementary Estimates 3 with a lot of reservations because those of us who sit in the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) have faced a lot of challenges with these additional Supplementary Estimates. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, you know that once this House enacts an Appropriations Act, it gives the procuring agencies the go-ahead to commit funds because they have got the Budget line officially. However, when we introduce these Supplementary Estimates, we kind of frustrate the Budget execution process. This is what leads to the unnecessary pending bills that we have to confront every now and then. So, it is an issue that this House must address conclusively in the fullness of time. Having said so, I am also cognisant of the fact that we are living in extraordinary times that have been brought about by the raging COVID-19 pandemic. On that account alone, I support this Report, especially on the matter of healthcare. However, even as we support the Report on account of healthcare provision, we must ask ourselves for how long our counties are going to be babysat by the national Government. One thing that the COVID-19 pandemic has done is to expose the soft underbelly of the county governments. It has caught them totally flat footed in a manner that you cannot imagine. I am refraining from mentioning county names for good reasons. I want to be on the right side of history."
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