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    "id": 489799,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Lesan",
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        "legal_name": "Wilfred Rottich Lesan",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish, from the first instance, to support the amendment although we have said it is a minor amendment. On considering the amendment, I thought that the National Assembly when considering this and suggesting this amendment which has taken some time, would have considered looking at Article 222(1) of the Constitution. This Article gives the National Assembly a leeway in which they can handle a situation where the Bill has not been assented to by the President. This particular Article states as follow:- “222. (1) If the Appropriation Act for a financial year has not been assented to, or is not likely to be assented to, by the beginning of that financial year, the National Assembly may authorise the withdrawal of money from the Consolidated Fund.” This is one of the routes that the National Assembly could have taken in order to save time and ensure that funds get to the county governments. This applies to the National Assembly as well as the county assemblies. The route that they took may have some other reasons that probably the gain is between the National Assembly and the Senate. But it is important that this amendment passes quickly, so that we can give monies to counties to operate. As my colleague has just mentioned, the most worrisome issue for most of us at The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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