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"content": "Relax, hon. Jakoyo! You will have your day. You had the whole of yesterday. Two, if the bone of contention is this Kshs3 billion, then the Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee should be given an opportunity to list and give us the areas they feel, following public participation, this Kshs3 billion will be earmarked for. Finally, hon. Speaker, you said it yesterday and I want to repeat it that what we are dealing with is BPS. What will come to this House are the Estimates on whose basis this House is going to produce the Appropriations Bill. As part of the leadership, I want to ask all our colleagues not to throw words. If you have any evidence to show that this--- That is because it is unconstitutional and I agree with hon. Jakoyo. This House cannot allocate money meant for public participation to any other constituency. That is there. So, the question that we need to ask the Budget and Appropriations Committee - so that we can continue with the debate is: You have Kshs3 billion for public participation. Where is the summary and the annexure of the areas based on your public hearings that you feel the Kshs3 billion should finance? The Budget and Appropriations Chairman can then answer that. But I do not think and it is not fair to assume since yesterday that among our colleagues--- You know we are fighting for our integrity. We already have a serious issue with another Committee. It should not be our everyday business to smear a Committee of this House with this and that unless---"
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