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    "id": 1143786,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kanduyi, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Wafula Wamunyinyi",
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        "id": 291,
        "legal_name": "Athanas Misiko Wafula Wamunyinyi",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I also want to thank Members for their comments. On arrears, I want to stress the fact that this House passed a resolution. The Committee on Implementation had invited the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury and Planning and urged him to take the House resolution seriously and ensure that the pending arrears are captured in the Supplementary Budget. So, it is just a matter of arrogance on the part of the Cabinet Secretary. In fact, the Committee we set up comprised of the National Treasury, State Department for Planning, the NG-CDF and the House. It was chaired by Hon. Oyula, who is a former Treasury Financial Secretary. It was merely to establish whether or not money was released by the National Treasury. It was confirmed that the money never left the National Treasury. Therefore, the Cabinet Secretary should just release those funds for the development of our constituencies. Secondly, I would like to stress the fact that the Cabinet Secretary undertook before the Committee and the House to release the funds on a weekly basis. The last time he released some funds was in November until January when he released for just one week. He has not done anything and therefore he reneged from his own undertaking. It is clear that he has failed to comply with the law. He has contravened the law and appropriate action needs to be taken. We will be seeking advice from the House legal team on what action to recommend to the House."
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