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    "id": 300519,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ogindo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 120,
        "legal_name": "Martin Otieno Ogindo",
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    "content": "Paragraph 2(2) is not a Schedule. Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, Clause 2(2) says:- “The sum granted out of the Consolidated Fund by subsection 1 includes a sum of Kshs424,666,046,946 authorized by the National Assembly on 21st June, 2012, in accordance with Article 220 of the Constitution.” This House, indeed, approved that Vote on Account. But when you multiply that amount that was approved by the House, it gives you a total printed estimate of Kshs849,332,093,892. Madam Temporary Chairlady, what this Appropriation Bill seeks authority from this House for is to allow for the withdrawal from the Consolidated Fund a sum of Kshs849,183,146,779, a sum that shall be deemed to have been appropriated from 1st July, 2012 for the services and purposes specified in the Schedule. Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, what that means is that this House is about to authorize the withdrawal of the said amount. In Article 2(2), it is purported that we gave not more than 50 per cent as required by the Constitution. On close scrutiny, you will realize that what this House granted is more than 50 per cent of the Printed Estimates. For that reason, that approval was unconstitutional. To that extent, we agreed that this portion be amended by deletion, so that we can rationalize all the figures to agree with the total amount that this House now wants to grant the Minister for Finance. Madam Temporary Chairlady, it becomes very mischievous--- It will be in the interest of this House that we finalize this matter in a most sober manner. We have invested a lot of energy in this. What we are asking the Minister to do does not hurt a fly. Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, we agreed that the Committee was to come and move this amendment. But we later changed our mind and said it will be tidy if the Minister takes up this amendment so that he moves his Appropriation Bill in an amended form. I think if we go that way, we will be saving a lot."
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