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    "id": 1017015,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Mbadi",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 110,
        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "My concern with the answer from the Ministry which the Chair read, is that the Ministry of Finance should take responsibility for funds dispersed to agencies. I can remember the issue of the Eurobond. The Ministry kept on using agencies as a scapegoat for not being able to account for that fund. So, I want to ask the Chair going forward to hold the National Treasury to account. When they disperse these special funds, they should retain accountability and responsibility. So, they should not be passing the back to agencies. It is their duty to follow through and ensure the funds dispersed to various agencies are spent prudently and there is value for money. I wanted to answer Hon. Kositany if he was here, that the reason why pending bills become part of COVID-19 funds is because of spiral economic growth. In this House, we passed a resolution after the President made a pronouncement that all pending bills must be settled to help the economy to grow. So, he was wondering what COVID- 19 funds have to do with pending bills. It is because he is spending limited time in this House. That is a question that should not have been asked by a MP in the 12th Parliament, which passed amounts to pay pending bills. Thank you."
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