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    "id": 157015,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kenyatta",
    "speaker_title": "The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, once again, I beg the indulgence of the House for coming in a few minutes late but I expected that we would start at 3.00 p.m. That is what I had been informed. I beg to make the following Ministerial Statement on the Supplementary Budget for the year 2008/2009. On 5th May, 2009, Mr. Imanyara sought a Ministerial Statement from the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance regarding “what appears to be a monstrous fraud committed, not only to this House but also to the country”. Mr. Imanyara has claimed that the Supplementary Estimates for the Financial Year 2008/2009 contained “discrepancies that reveal fraud.” He alleges that the Estimates have been falsified to the extent that the Supplementary Estimates approved by Parliament have in excess “of Kshs9.2 billion having being either stolen or unaccounted for.” Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to take this early opportunity to put the record straight on the issue raised by Mr. Imanyara and to array the fears of hon. Members, the Kenyan public and the international community. The Kenyan public more so, in particular, because they have religiously been paying taxes to support public development Programmes in this country. It is important for hon. Members to appreciate the purpose of a Supplementary Budget. I say this because reflecting on the allegations made in this House, there is no doubt in my mind that the need for a Supplementary Budget is not as obvious as many of us might wish to believe. A Supplementary Budget only becomes necessary when there are developments that may have taken place or are taking place in the country, that impacts in a significant way on the fundamental assumptions underlying the Budget that was presented to Parliament at the end of the previous financial year. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the new circumstances may evolve in requiring the Government to realign its original Budget in order to create fiscal space and, therefore, accommodate the need for interventions. Any realignment involving either cutting or increasing some expenditure items by the Executive arm of the Government requires, by law, approval of Parliament. Let me, at this juncture, emphasize that it is only the adjustments or proposed changes to the original Budget that the Executive arm of the Government would be"
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