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    "id": 516188,
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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": "Hon. Speaker, why is it necessary for us to capture this figure in the Budget Policy Statements? Let us accept the fact that we are not at the Budget Estimates stage. Article 221 of the Constitution affects the Budget Estimates, and not the Budget Policy Statement. The reason for making these provisions is so that by the time we present Budget Estimates, we will have captured this figure. My Chair talked about visiting Homa Bay. Our Committee visited Mbita. They did not visit my constituency. If I were selfish, as a Member of the Committee, I would have told them: “Do not take money to Tom Mboya Mausoleum, because that does not affect my constituency. Bring the money to my constituency”. We took the money to Mbita. If the Budget and Appropriations Committee of this House is going to be so toothless that it cannot provide even a shilling for any activity, I do not think it is necessary. Why do we not just bring the Budget Estimates here and amend them as we wish?"
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