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    "id": 281595,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Abdikadir",
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        "legal_name": "Abdikadir Hussein Mohamed",
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    "content": "Having said that, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, that could have been done within the allocated time for those Bills to have been passed. We find ourselves in a situation where we have to expand time; we have to enlarge time for us to be able to pass these important pieces of legislation. But the Constitution allows for this House to be able to do just that. I think we should avail ourselves of that opportunity by allowing the expansion and enlargement of time so that we can conclude these processes because these are very critical processes for the implementation of the Constitution. Other than the Judiciary or Land, these two areas – devolution and public finances - those are two independent chapters of the Constitution. These Bills are critical for the implementation of those two chapters. They are critical for the reforming of two major chapters of our public life – public financial management processes have been some of the biggest problems that we have had; some of the iniquities on how, for example, resources are allocated is right now very opaque. It is done by mandarins at Treasury. This House before the last one year essentially was a rubber stamp in that process. Never before did this House have any role in the passing of the national Budget. While the Budget was supposed to have been voted from Parliament; while the power of the purse is one of the critical functions of any legislature; while the whole basis of Parliament is “No taxation without representation,” yet Parliament had absolutely no role in the passing of the Budget. Now, the Constitution has completely redone that process. While the Treasury and the Executive have very critical roles, Parliament also has a key role in that process."
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