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    "id": 281403,
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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, when I was listening to Mr. Kimunya, I thought he had a feeling that, probably I would oppose this Motion. But I only expected the Government and more particularly the Treasury to tell us how they have adhered to provisions of Article 223(2) which says: “The approval of Parliament for any spending under this Article shall be sought within two months after the first withdrawal of the money---” So, if the Minister is asking us to approve withdrawal of money, he should have told us whether these amounts have already been spent. If they have been spent, in which month so that we are sure we are not violating the Constitution. But when he just tells us he is asking Parliament to approve expenditure and telling us that they have already overspent, like we know, we have overspent under the Ministry of State for Defence, but when did we overspend? If we overspent more than two months ago, we would be violating the Constitution if we give him the go ahead; the power to spend the money yet he did not live to the letter and spirit of the Constitution. So, I am in a dilemma of what he is asking us to do; what the Government is asking us to do. I am not sure whether what I will be doing would be helping them violate the Constitution. Therefore, he should have provided us with that information. In the absence of that, I am a bit confused and at a loss whether to approve this and in the event that I am not sure, I will just oppose. So, for that reason I oppose this Motion unless he tells us that these amounts were not spent more than two months before today."
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