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    "id": 20788,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mbadi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 110,
        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the genesis of this is that as the Budget Committee, we did agree, got money and told the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance: “Here is the money; employ on permanent terms the 18,000 teachers who are on contract and an additional 10,000 teachers.” However, after the Report had already been adopted by the House, he came up and told us that there is no money to employ more teachers, but there is Kshs6 billion for the Ministry of State for Defence. Where did the Government get Kshs6 billion to add onto the budget of Defence and yet he could not get Kshs5 billion to employ teachers? Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if this House supported this Constitution, we would not be in the mess we are in today. Last week on Tuesday, I stood here and said that whatever we were doing in the Committee of Supply was unconstitutional. Once the Budget Committee did a Report and presented it to the House and was adopted, that Report became binding. Therefore, whatever came here last week should have been in line with the Budget Committee. That was not respected and I wish I had the support of the House as I see it today."
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