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    "id": 1217027,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Speaker, ask the Members who are consulting loudly to allow me to make a statement of fact. We cannot allow Hon. John Mbadi to mislead the country that the President committed himself to Ksh300 billion Budget cut that is not there. The items that he is talking about, which amount to close to Ksh300 billion, were paid outside the Budget. Hon. John Mbadi is an accountant. It is simple arithmetic. If the Budget that we passed last year had a deficit of Ksh860 billion, and you have paid over Ksh280 billion outside the Budget, it tells you that your deficit had moved to above a trillion shillings. The Budget was irresponsibly passed in the wee hours of the last regime thus necessitating the reduction of Ksh300 billion by the President. The Chair of the Budget and Appropriations Committee is here. He can confirm that it is a fact that the current Budget has been cut by over Ksh300 billion. This was necessitated by the payments made under Article 223 that Hon. John Mbadi now wants to belittle as just talk. It is not just talk. The figures speak for themselves. Therefore, let us not defend the indefensible. Let us not defend theft... 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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