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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ugunja, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Opiyo Wandayi",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I had, indeed, sought your indulgence to allow me to raise a pertinent issue that touches on the Constitution and the laws of the land. For starters, it is in the public domain that yesterday the Controller of Budget, Dr Margaret Nyakang’o, was arrested and arraigned in court over some matters which I am not privy to. I am of course alive to the rule of sub judice . I will not venture into those matters. I am so much alive to the rule of sub judice and our Standing Orders. I will not delve into the matters that are before court. However, let me say this: I think it is the first time since the promulgation of the 2010 Constitution that a holder of an independent office has been charged in the court of law. I may be wrong, but I do not think I am wrong. It is the first time since 2010 and that raises serious issues. At the outset, I want to take you Hon. Speaker to the provisions of the Constitution of Article 95 of the Constitution that sets out the functions of this House. Inter alia, under Article 95(2) of the Constitution states thus: “…the National Assembly deliberates issues of concern to the people”. If you go further down, at Article 95(4),” among other things, the National Assembly determines the allocation of national revenue between the two levels of government”. At (b), “the House appropriates funds for expenditure by the national Government and other national States organs”. Above all, at (c), “the House exercises oversight over national revenue and its expenditure”."
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