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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. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am exactly giving reasons why I am opposing unless the House does not want to listen to me. I am opposing this because the judge has already pronounced himself to this particular matter before us. As someone who is a law abiding citizen, I cannot support this Motion knowing very well that it is violating the provisions of the Constitution. The judge was very clear that a Vote on Account or Motion does not comply with the provisions of Article 222 of the Constitution. The processes set out in Article 222(1) and 222(2) are not intended to give the budgeting and appropriation process and legislation a seal of approval but to promote the values of the Constitution. I have already alluded to this. This is the judge talking. He says:- “I hold that for there to be compliance with Article 222 there must be an Appropriation Act or Bill in place”. If today we are passing a Motion on Vote on Account, the question we should ask ourselves as Parliament is, because we are setting precedence for the future; do we have an Appropriations Act? If not, do we have an Appropriation Bill today? The answer is no."
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