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    "speaker_name": "Kathiani, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Robert Mbui",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. First, I want to clarify that even as I raised this Question in the last Assembly, this issue of NG-CDF is not an issue of Members of Parliament. Sometimes, the public get confused. Members of Parliament are interested in ensuring that this money goes to the Constituencies for development. I want to thank the Leader of the Majority Party for highlighting some of the challenges that he is having. My concern however, is on the dignity of the House. The Cabinet Secretary of the National Treasury has already given two letters confirming that Ksh2 billion would be disbursed every week. He, however, failed the first and the second time. Simple English tells me that once beaten twice shy. I do not want to be shy for having been beaten twice. Hon. Speaker, for two times, we have not got the results we wanted; and as we discuss the Budget, it is clear that we need to appropriate the funds. The other one is to ensure that there is prudent expenditure of the same. We are just a month away to the end of the financial year; and from what the Leader of the Majority Party has told us, 38 per cent of this money has been released in the last 11 months. He now wants us to believe that we will get 62 per cent within a month. Hon. Speaker, we are the ones dealing with the Budget. If we do not get NG-CDF, NGAAF and money for the counties for this financial year, maybe we should suspend debate on the Budget until such a time when this money hits our accounts. You can call us on Saturday, Sunday or any other day and we will come and continue. However, let us give them an opportunity to put the money in our accounts because what they are promising to do in a month, they can do it in a day if they are willing. My proposal is, if there is no NG-CDF, money for counties and NGAAF then there is no Budget."
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