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    "id": 194527,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Saitoti",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "George Muthengi Kinuthia Saitoti",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to second this Motion. As the Leader of Government Business has already said, this Bill is extremely important in the sense that although the House has already passed the Supplementary Estimates, that is not enough to allow money to be released to various Ministries so as to meet various obligations. Secondly, if you look at the Bill itself, you will notice that it is a fairly thin one. As a matter of fact, the reduction from seven to six days, I do not think will make much of a difference for the simple reason that is contained in the Appropriation Bill. The fundamentals in the Bill had already been debated at the time of the Supplementary Estimates. Much more important, is the fact that time is running out. We are now getting towards the end of June. This money needs to be released as quickly as possible so that it can be spent. The fact that Exchequer books are normally closed on 15th June, if you count from 15th of June to now, the time is fairly short. It will be fair to release these resources to meet the obligations of the Ministries. I beg to second."
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