{"id":243481,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/243481/?format=json","text_counter":313,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Michuki","speaker_title":"The Minister of State for Administration and National Security","speaker":{"id":183,"legal_name":"John Njoroge Michuki","slug":"john-michuki"},"content":" Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, this Item includes a variety of expenses that would not assume their own numbers within the numeniration of the Estimates. They are lumped together because they cover a mixture of requirements. That is why they become Other Operating Expenses. They include write-off of debts, legal fees, compensation payments, contracted services payments, bank service commissions and charges which arise from the total expenditure of the Ministry as a whole. The betting services cannot be placed under any particular Item. Boards and Committee--- 2058 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES July 12, 2006"}