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    "id": 1409945,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, I will commit to follow up on the question of Exchequer Issues. On the question of review of the monies allocated to the political parties, I want to state that it was not a decision of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, as the Member asserts. It was a decision of the House, where Hon. Okello also sits. I am certain that he was here when we passed the resolution to reduce the allocation through Supplementary Estimates 1. Our party, UDA, being the largest political party, lost the highest amount in Supplementary Estimates 1. It is also good for Hon. Okello to know that subsequent to the passage of the resolution by the House where Hon. Okello sits in, to reduce that amount, his Party, ODM, went to court. That matter is before court. I do not want to get to sub judice matters but I was hoping that Hon. Okello would tell the House what informed him and his Party to support a Motion on the Floor of the House to reduce the amounts and then go ahead and question the decision in court. I expected Hon. Okello to speak to that aspect, but I can see he has veered off. Hon. Speaker, I want to commit to check with the National Treasury and maybe report back to the House on Thursday when we can get Exchequer releases, not just for political parties, but also the pending NG-CDF considering that we are now going on a long working recess. I know a number of Members will be keen to get money released for the National Government Affirmative Action Fund (NGAAF), the NG-CDF and other development Exchequer releases before the end of the Financial Year. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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