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    "id": 444544,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/444544/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ng’ongo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 110,
        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "So, hon. Speaker, I am raising this matter because I know that we gave the Treasury some time to come and harmonise with us the estimates that we approve vis-a-vis their original draft of the Appropriation Bill. Unfortunately the Treasury did not meet our deadline. Deadlines are deadlines and we cannot wait. However, there is still time for the Treasury to engage us to fill the Budget gap. I know there is a Budget gap of about Kshs17 billion. However, what was annoying was that the Budget gap was coming according to Treasury because of us. Hon. Speaker, you remember in the Budget Policy Statement (BPS) we passed Kshs33 billion to go to the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF). The Treasury decided on its own to reduce it to Kshs28 billion. There is no justification for this. They are increasing money for other Ministries like that of Labour. They give more money and then when it comes to the CDF they reduce its allocation. So, what we said is that they have to look for this Kshs5 billion because that is what went into the BPS."
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