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    "id": 38971,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mbadi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. As I stated earlier, this Motion is moved on the basis of Article 222 of the Constitution which provides that there is a possibility that the financial year can come to an end before the Appropriation Act is passed or assented to. In the old order which we have left, it was proper and appropriate to bring the Vote on Account even before the Revenue and Expenditure Estimates are approved. But right now, it should be understood that it is the responsibility of Parliament to have the final say in the Budget making process. It is no longer an Executive’s exclusive role. So, if you go to Article 221(6), it says :- “When the estimates of national Government expenditure and the estimates of expenditure for the Judiciary and Parliament have been approved by the National Assembly, they shall be included in an Appropriation Bill, which shall be introduced into the National Assembly to authorize the withdrawal from the Consolidated Fund of the money needed for the expenditure, and for the appropriation of that money for the purposes mentioned in the Bill”. This Article makes it mandatory that Parliament has to first of all approve the estimates of revenue and expenditure before the Appropriation Bill is passed. That being"
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