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    "id": 1005903,
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    "speaker_name": "Kitui Central, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Makali Mulu",
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        "legal_name": "Benson Makali Mulu",
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    "content": "he can engage the National Treasury, being the Majority Leader, to make sure that we improve on it. The second point is the issue of Article 223. Well, I agree that that room is provided that we can spend and then Parliament regularises, but it is important that even as we regularise as a House, we make sure that these are payments are going to help Kenyans. We do not just want to regularise payments which at the end of the day might land into people’s pockets. This is what people are saying. That time has come, as a House, that departmental committees take the work of oversight seriously. If you hear Hon. Gikaria talk, he is the same person who recommended that we demand for an audit and now he is saying that things have been done correctly. We need to see a report in this House, so that once they clear that particular resolution, we will approve the money to be released, but we cannot allow money to be released without such a report. The third point is when you look at some of the proposals, I really think Hon. Kimunya having being a Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury needs to help his colleague who is there. When you look at this Supplementary Budget, there is money which is being allocated to purchase vehicles. There was proposal to purchase office furniture and general equipment and there was money which was being proposed to go to research and feasibility studies. Then there is money proposed to procure fuel oil and lubricants. When you look at the whole process of procurement, you may ask yourself: At what time do they advertise for the tenders? At what time do they process the tenders? At what time do they award the tenders? And at what time do they get the goods delivered? Where is the time to make the payments? To me, these are the kinds of things that we are saying that as a House, the National Treasury is trying to put us in an awkward position. Kenyans are watching what is happening. It is important that we improve our discipline in budget-making. This can only work when the National Treasury do their work properly and in good time. They want their own emergencies to become emergencies of this House. We cannot have our calendar on budget-making and when they fail to plan on their side, they also cause us to fail to plan. People can choose to plan to fail. When I look at this, I ask if this is an attempt of people planning to fail. I see some signs. I encourage the National Treasury to make sure that they plan not to fail. If you plan not to fail, then you will do things correctly."
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