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    "id": 1443196,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1443196/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mumma",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, they are bringing back the conscience of this nation. They are telling us that we must go back to what Article 10 says about respect for the rule of law, respect for human rights, governance in a manner that respects equity, equality and the most important one, that we must now start governing this country, applying the principles of transparency and accountability. A lot has been said, but I want us to immediately look at how best we can actually speak to the issue of transparency and accountability. The Finance Bill was a trigger and the President has returned it to the people of Kenya. What we are forgetting is that the Finance Bill is usually passed to finance an Appropriation Act that had already been assented to. It is usually passed to speak to budget items that were in the Budget Policy Statement (BPS). The mistake number one that we make in this country is that we do not publicly discuss the budget items and the appropriations that are put in the Appropriation Act. Members of the Budget and Appropriations Committee of the National Assembly have failed us because they did not scrutinize the BPS and the Appropriation Bill properly in order to advise the President that some of these things could not fly. Part of those items includes the following: Confidential budget in the Deputy President’s Office of Kshs800 million; confidential budget of State House of Kshs1.4 billion; Kshs863 million for hospitality in the Deputy President’s Office; Kshs400 million for dealing with drugs and the National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) will be given more money; Kshs320 million for renovation of the Deputy President’s Office and Kshs1.5 billion for renovation of State Lodges. In the meantime, we have Kshs600 billion only for education and Kshs126 billion only for health. I can go on and on. This is a public document. Please go and look at it. Madam Temporary Speaker, what the Gen Z were telling the President is that we must go back to the drawing board. We must reorganize the budget items. We must revisit the Appropriation Act that he signed. The President assented to the Appropriation Bill. Today we have a circular from the National Treasury guiding all accounting officers to rework their budgets so that we can raise Kshs326 billion that we will not be able to raise in taxes. Madam Temporary Speaker, this is my view. It is the same Cabinet Secretary who put this bullshit in this budget. So, he cannot be trusted to do this---"
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