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    "id": 1060127,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1060127/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13331,
        "legal_name": "Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": "The Supplementary Estimates are made, pursuant to Article 223 of the Constitution of Kenya, which allows the National Treasury to request additional funding as long as they do not exceed 10 per cent of the appropriated funds. It is important that a few issues are made clear as we approve this Supplementary Budget. First, the contemplation under Article 223 of the Constitution was basically to address emerging issues that were not contemplated at the time when the main Appropriations Bill was being passed. However, for the few years I have been here, I have noticed a very worrying trend that the Treasury uses the Supplementary Budget to introduce new projects that were never approved in the first instance. That is unconstitutional and illegal. I urge the Budget and Appropriations Committee to play its role and check this excessive application to ensure that we do not break the law to disfranchise the people of Kenya."
}