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    "id": 286776,
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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, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I really do not understand the constitutionality of what the Chairs of various Departmental Committees are doing. This is because the Constitution in Article 221 is very clear on how the Estimates are supposed to be considered. Article 221 (3) states thus: “The National Assembly shall consider Estimates submitted under Clause (1) together with Estimates submitted by the Parliamentary Service Commission---” Article 221(4) states thus: “Before the National Assembly considers the Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure a Committee of the Assembly shall discuss and review the Estimates and make recommendations to the Assembly.” I take “a Committee of the Assembly” to mean the Budget Committee. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, therefore, all these reports are supposed to go through the Budget Committee which should submit them as one report to the House. When each Committee submits its report to the House, I think we are using the old way of doing things."
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