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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mbadi",
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, on the same vein, I would like you to give your direction on a matter. If you look at the way this Motion is framed, you will see that it talks about a sum not exceeding--- and all that being granted from the Consolidated Fund. My reading of this is that the Minister is asking this House to appropriate funds through the Supplementary Appropriation Bill. If you look at the Constitution, and I want to particularly go to Article 223(4), you will find that it says:- “(4) When the National Assembly has approved spending under clause (2), an appropriation Bill shall be introduced for the appropriation of the money spent.” So, this envisages that Parliament must, first of all, approve spending before we appropriate the funds. We cannot, as a House, attempt to appropriate funds before the spending is approved by the House. So, the Minister is jumping the gun. He should have given us the Supplementary Estimates and then bring the Appropriations Bill to this House. So, I would ask the Chair’s ruling as to whether this Motion is constitutional in the first place."
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