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    "id": 1051890,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.",
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        "legal_name": "Mutula Kilonzo Jnr",
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    "content": "Kwa hivyo, ni jambo ambalo tunafaa kulizungumzia kama Seneti. Si jambo la Kamati ya Fedha na Bajeti pekee. Ni jambo ambalo tunafaa kuazimia hapa na tuseme kwamba tumechoka and enough is enough . Let me now continue in English language. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I must point out that the BPS is a very big concern. Although the Chairman did not mention, the Government has guaranteed a loan of Kshs41 billion to Kenya Airways (KQ). I have a question. The Committee Chairman mentioned that we must continuously ask the question, is Kenya Airways a going concern? When they have a debt guarantee of Kshs41 billion, these are questions of policy. The second policy and a question is that the Chairman mentioned that we have questioned the reason the Government is looking at bank balances of counties as a method of releasing funds. We said so at the Committee that the Cash Disbursement Schedule is not what Sen. Sakaja famously refers to as ―suggestions‖, it is a resolution of the Senate. They cannot go behind the Cash Disbursement Schedule to investigate what Nairobi has, what Makueni has vis-a-viz how much money they should release. Importantly, there is a reason why Article 219 is there. Out of Kshs3 trillion that Sen. Sakaja questions as a budget - I also heard Sen. Wambua whispering here, asking why we have such a huge budget - it is contemplated under Article 219 that if you allocate Kshs370 billion to counties that money is ring-fenced irrespective of the problems the national Government is having. That is really the point. In the Division of Revenue Bill, we have a famous clause that if there is a shortfall in revenue collection, the shortfall shall be borne by the national Government. We have insisted here that the National Treasury does not have discretion on the Cash Disbursement Schedule. It surprises us that while they do not have that discretion, they have the discretion of shifting Kshs1 billion to pay pending suppliers on Managed Equipment Service (MES) scheme; the famous MES in which we were unable to make findings here for reasons that I shall not say on record."
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