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"content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, my final comments is that we have spoken about this before. There is no rational in the Treasury always bringing to us 50 per cent of every line. What is the justification? We keep on repeating this. Minister, when you are seeking approval for Vote on Account, please, explain to us, why, for example, the National Intelligence Security Services (NSIS) needs Kshs6 billion. We just gave them Kshs5 billion the other day. Why do they need Kshs6 billion now? Why can it not wait? If there is some urgent payment to be made like maybe for road construction, we would understand. But if you are giving us just 50 per cent of everything this, to me, is a lazy way of bringing figures in this House. Please, let us improve in the way we do things. Let us change. Let us not just do things, because they have always been done. This country is changing. So, next time, I hope my plea will be heeded. Next time, we want variation in figures and explanatory notes, explaining to us that, âon this line, we are asking for this because we want to do, 1, 2, 3 and 4, between these two or three months,â so that we are sure that we are exercising our oversight role effectively."
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