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    "id": 1079153,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": " I have got the microphone, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I want to say something on Vote 2042 - National Assembly, which has been allocated Kshs23,502,082,199. I am sure the Chairperson, Budget and Appropriations Committee, is listening to me. We have said it over the years since the advent of the bicameral Parliament that you cannot put the two Houses at the same level, that is, a House of 349 Members against a House of 67 Members, both in terms of Committees and everything else. We need to go and do our budget through a pro-rata basis so that we know the unit cost of a Member of Parliament. The Vice-Chairperson of the Parliamentary Service Commission is here. Based on that, the Kshs35 billion and above must be shared on equity. That is a principle found in the Constitution. If you look at the Chapter on Public Finance, it says that resources must be shared equitably across the board. We have said this and sang. That is why you see, in the Senate, like now they are on recess. The 47 Members including their Speaker are out of the country. This is because they have a lot of money and they want to spend it before the end of the financial year and yet, some Committees of this House might miss even local travels. Our competent Budget Office and the Parliamentary Service Commission must create a synergy where we know the unit cost of an MP in both Houses, and then the money is shared along that line. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady."
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