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    "id": 1082983,
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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": "all the counties where people are fighting. Some members of county assemblies (MCAs) are fighting with their executives because they want some pending bills to be paid and then a fight breaks out. This happens even at the national level. You will be surprised that some people are canvassing around for pending bills, including those of the Legislature, to be paid. This is an issue that needs to be addressed. I do not want to go beyond that, but there is just one thing that I wanted to point out. A dam could not be constructed in Kajiado and that money was now split into so many water pans. We were not so sure whether those dams have been constructed because the supplementary budget provides for money that has already been spent. There is only one day left. The Chair said two days but it is one day because tomorrow is 30th June. On Thursday, we will be in another month and another financial year. Why would we provide Kshs20 million for a water pan construction which has not been started? There is something which the Chair said and I want to add to it. The Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury and the National Treasury in general need to confirm with ministries and state departments whether amounts that are reflected as having not been spent have not been committed. You find that they recommend reallocation of such funds and the funds have already been committed and contracts awarded. State departments then go to committees and committees reject those amendments. The Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury is my friend but he does not want anything in the budget to be changed. It then becomes a fight. It is very untidy coming from the Executive. The Executive must speak with one voice. It is one Executive chaired by the President who chairs the Cabinet. Why is it that the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury is saying one thing and the Ministry is saying something different? With those many remarks, I beg to second."
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