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"speaker_name": "Mr. Raila",
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"content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, having said that, I want to go further and elaborate on what I said yesterday to Members of Parliament at a consultative meeting regarding the relationship between Parliament and the Executive. The Executive cannot spend money unless it is approved by Parliament. This budgetary process is not a ritual. It is a very important function of Parliament and the Executive.Without Parliament approving allocation to the line Ministries, they will not be functional. But we do provide these funds so that the Executive can provide services to the people. These funds will ensure that medicine can be provided to our hospitals, our teachers can be paid properly, roads can be constructed and electricity provided. If they do not work in tandem so that the Executive is unable to function and spend the money which has been allocated to it by Parliament, we give with one hand and then deny through another hand. That is the point that I was trying to make yesterday; that once funds have been made available, the Executive should not be hampered in expenditure. But Parliament has a very important oversight role to ensure that those funds are spent for the purposes for which they were voted by Parliament. No one is denying that. We all accept that, that is the oversight function of Parliament; to ensure that those monies are not diverted into some other activities or private peopleâs pockets."
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