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"speaker_name": "Mr. Kenyatta",
"speaker_title": "The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance",
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"content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are still providing services but there are amounts that we do need to disburse. We all know that this country is being faced by famine. There are monies which need to be released for famine. This House is equally aware that we have just concluded a census. The bulk of that money was required to pay the various enumerators. Those are monies that are required. Like I am saying, there are appropriate instruments that this House can use to show its displeasure at the issues that Mr. Abdikadir has put forward. But we do not need to really hold the nationâs Budget at ransom as a result of those issues. This House and indeed, various Committees under the new Standing Orders, have had an opportunity to go through the Budget, first, at Committee stage in detail and secondly, through debate on the Floor of this House. Reducing the number of days is purely a signal that this House up to Guillotine stage had an opportunity to debate the various Bills. The Appropriation Bill is merely putting together what this House had already debated and approved. So, it is giving authority thereafter to incur expenditure. So, there is no additional real debate on the Appropriation Bill. I would plead with my colleagues to allow us to proceed, conclude the"
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