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    "id": 1532421,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. That means they have to come to this House for approval of the additional Ksh48 billion. That is what the National Treasury should be doing. As I congratulate Hon. Atandi for his election as the Chairperson of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, and Hon. Pukose and all the Members who have joined this Committee, I ask them to ensure that they set this as a new trend. The Ministry of the National Treasury and Economic Planning must come to the National Assembly to seek approval for expenditures before they spend money, unlike what was happening before – where they would spend money on all manner of things, including paying for land compensation, which was not an emergency, and then come to seek parliamentary approval. At least this time round, funds are being spent on emergency security operations, drought mitigation and many other things listed in the Report and the schedules. I do not need to go through all of them. They all fall under the category of what we ought to approve under Article 223 of the Constitution. I also congratulate the new Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury and Economic Planning for endeavouring to do what he promised to do during his vetting; that is, adhere to the spirit and letter of the Constitution and honouring the work of the National Assembly. With those remarks, I support."
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