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    "id": 1037855,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1037855/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kanduyi, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Wafula Wamunyinyi",
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        "legal_name": "Athanas Misiko Wafula Wamunyinyi",
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    "content": "accounts. They have been writing demand notices and letters to constituencies to pay the KRA. The Cabinet Secretary requested for more time, but we had wanted to know what the Ministry was doing to ensure that funds have been released for obvious purposes. As things stand, there has been no disbursement in this financial year. We are halfway through the financial year and there has been no disbursement. What we received covered the arrears for the last financial year. That was about Kshs14 billion. Today, I was informed that, at the intervention of the Leader of the Majority Party, they are releasing Kshs2 billion which would benefit a few constituencies from Monday. However, we are seeking further release of more funds so that during the recess, Members will engage to ensure that they prepare for schools opening in January. They have to ensure that there is additional space, compliance with protocols, purchase of masks and so on. We have also asked Members to be a little bit more innovative in ensuring that they comply with the President’s directive. We have put down the guidelines. We are only waiting for the release of the money. I have spoken to Hon. Kanini Kega, the Chair of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, because last time when we sought audience with the Principal Secretary, I was informed that the money they released which we treated as the last financial year’s disbursement, they considered it as this year’s disbursement."
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