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    "id": 1174235,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Navakholo, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Emmanuel Wangwe",
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        "legal_name": "Emmanuel Wangwe",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support this Motion for Consideration of the Second Supplementary Estimates for the Financial Year 2021/2022. As you can see, the figures are Ksh70.8 billion which is the bridge that the CS for Treasury is seeking that we approve. What I just want to highlight briefly is the issue of the petroleum subsidy. This has been captured very well. Hon. Speaker, if you can recall, two months ago there was a lot of outcry in terms of supply of petroleum. I am happy that the CS for Treasury together with the President have managed to arrest this situation and they are managing it in terms of paying the subsidies to the suppliers. Hon. Speaker, you made a ruling in this House around March regarding the use of Article 223 of the Constitution that we report to this House, through the Budget and Appropriations Committee, a separate annexure on what constitutes Article 223 that would have been spent. I am happy that the Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee has enforced that and when you look at the Report, the issue of Article 223 has been itemised clearly so that Members can read and make a very informed opinion about it. What I am happy about the usage of Article 223 is that going forward, through the Standing Orders which we passed here the other day, you tightened the noose. Hon. Speaker, you will not need to make a ruling so that the details of Article 223 come. Instead, the next Chair of the Budget and Appropriations Committee will be able to enforce the Standing Orders that we passed in this House so that the CS for the National Treasury shall not have an excuse, but shall come to report to us when he already has the details of Article 223. Out of the Ksh70 billion, Ksh27 billion has already been disbursed using Article 223 and has been properly analysed in the Report to this House. That is a good thing. Therefore, I seek that The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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