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    "id": 1532560,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tigania West, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) John K. Mutunga",
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    "content": "department. The learning experience was immense, and we did this Budget with a lot of interest in knowing exactly what happens in every sector in this country. We also had really important interactions with the Auditor-General, the Controller of Budget, the National Treasury and the Parliamentary Service Commission. All these were key in informing the Chairman of what happens in the budget-making process. The intricacies of the budget-making process are key and notable; that as Members of this House, we need to understand them and, if possible, make the committee membership rotational. That will be a learning experience for everyone. After listening to this House today, I learned that the broad-based Government is working. I will tell you one of the reasons I think it is working. The utilisation of Article 223 of the Constitution has been an abomination in this House. It has been condemned every time. This time around, everyone is speaking on the wisdom of utilising Article 223 in running Government matters that are emergency in nature, as well as those that come up after the Budget has been adopted. The adjustments that have been made to the Budget itself are minimal. The principle was that we make almost zero adjustments. That is the reason why we have not experienced big changes. If you look at the Ministry of Agriculture – I wanted to raise a point of information but decided not to interrupt my fellow Chair of the Departmental Committee on Administration and Internal Security – it lost Ksh8.8 billion in terms of nationalisation. Agriculture gained around Ksh7.5 billion. So, the net loss was close to Ksh2.3 billion. This particular process created an opportunity for the regularisation of the money spent under Article 223 this year. The notable issues, especially in the agricultural sector, are such that the sector is not commensurately funded in this country, considering its importance."
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