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    "id": 282013,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/282013/?format=api",
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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": "On a point of order, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. I appreciate the Communication from the Chair. But I just want to ask the Chair to find that in the spirit of the new Constitution, the Appropriations Bill should be prepared by the Parliament of the Republic of Kenya and not the Executive arm of the Government. I would like to bring the attention of the Chair to the provision of Article 221. It says the Parliamentary Budget Office, once the Estimates have been approved by Parliament, should prepare an Appropriations Bill. If you look at the Constitution, the Executive or the Treasury is only given the responsibility of presenting the Estimates of the National Government and of the other arms of Government; the Estimates are supposed to be forwarded to Parliament through the accounting officers; the Clerk of the National Assembly and the Chief Officer of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC). Therefore, your ruling has indicated that the Treasury will prepare the Appropriations Bill. I would like to ask you to reverse that ruling and find that this role now belongs to Parliament."
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