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    "id": 451775,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ng’ongo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "Thank hon. Speaker. I rise to support this Bill. Ordinarily, once this House passes the Budget and Appropriations Committee Report regarding the Supplementary Budget, then that should actually form what goes into the Appropriation Bill and, therefore, very little debate will be of value to this Bill. You will allow me just to make three comments regarding this Bill. First of all, I have no doubt in my mind on the extent of powers that the National Assembly has with regard to appropriating funds for expenditure in this country. For those who are in doubt, I think we need to go through Article 221 of the Constitution. It clearly gives the appropriation of funds in this country to the National Assembly. Therefore, once the National Assembly discharges its duty, if you read Article 221(4) it says:- “Before the National Assembly considers the estimates of revenue and expenditure, a committee of the Assembly shall discuss and review the estimates and make recommendations to the Assembly.” That committee is the Budget and Appropriations Committee."
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