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    "id": 43021,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ms. Karua",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Martha Wangari Karua",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, these are the suspensions of provisions in the Constitution and that Chapter on the Executive is suspended. However, there is Article 221 on Budget Estimates and Annual Appropriation Bill which has seven sub articles. It is quite clear that the Budget is to be presented to Parliament by a Cabinet Secretary responsible for Finance. We all know that we do not have the Cabinet Secretaries now but we have Permanent Secretaries and I have no problem with the Minister tabling it. However, it is clear from the provisions of Article 221 that the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance cannot read the Budget to Parliament because the provisions of this Constitution now apply and there will be no reading of the Budget any more. This Article is not suspended, and yet I have heard the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, publicly state that he will be reading the Budget on 8th June, 2011."
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