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    "id": 101048,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Raila",
    "speaker_title": "The Prime Minister",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Raila Amolo Odinga",
        "slug": "raila-odinga"
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was trying to basically confirm what the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance has said. He has said that the first charge goes to the CFS which are statutory requirements. These are commitments already made by the Government and must be paid, unless the Government is seen to be insolvent internationally. All that I was trying to say is that what we are doing here is not something that is strange. It has always been the practice that Vote on Account is usually 50 per cent of the total Budget. That, therefore, allows Parliament to go into greater details on the Budget for the remaining 50 per cent. This is because if there was any mistake, then there will be 50 per cent which will not be spend without the Minister coming before Parliament to account for it. We have even gone further these days because we also have a Budget Committee of the House which was not there before. That Committee goes into minute details with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance on each and every Vote Head. This was not the case in the past. These days, Parliament is involved in greater details in budgetary preparation before the figures are brought before the House. This is not the time when Parliament should try to deny the Government allocation of 50 per cent as Vote on Account unless you just want to play politics."
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