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    "id": 1532601,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1532601/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Molo, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kuria Kimani",
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    "content": "Government spending must be aligned with the principles of allocative efficiency and inter-temporal budget constraints to prevent unsustainable fiscal imbalances. The total expenditures have been reduced. Article 223 of the Constitution has been widely used in these Estimates. The National Treasury did not do anything illegal in making Article 223 payments. However, there is a need for better planning to ensure that we do not use Article 223 payments to make expenditures that could have been predicted. During our first year as the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning, we advised the House to reject an Article 223 payment. The problem with Article 223 payments is that even when they come to Parliament for approval and you reject them, it is almost an exercise in futility because that payment has already been disbursed anyway. The payments are not against the Constitution because Article 223 allows the National Treasury to allocate and disburse resources of up to 10 per cent of our Budget without seeking parliamentary approval. However, they have to seek parliamentary approval after implementation."
}