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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "I hear you but remember that the only timeline that you need to have in mind is 26th June because after that you would have to use the procedure known as “Vote on Account”. I agree with you that there is need for greater consultation. In fact, I do not even think the greater need is for a Kamukunji . The greater need is for the chairpersons of the various Departmental Committees to have a session, or sessions, with the Budget and Appropriations Committee, possibly also in the presence of the Cabinet Secretaries, especially those who have not found it appropriate to appear before committees. Cabinet Secretaries must appreciate that budget making is such a momentous occasion; this House has the capacity to reject the total budget of a Ministry. That Cabinet Secretary would have no option but to just go back to the village, away from Nairobi. What else do they have if their budgets are rejected by the House? They must know that, so that whether they have other engagements--- Members also have a lot of engagements; it is not right for a Cabinet Secretary to claim that they have a lot of work. So are Members in the respective Departmental Committees. Perhaps, it is something that your Committee, Hon. Mutava Musyimi, will need to have more sessions with the various chairpersons of committees. I would also want to encourage the chairpersons of committees to involve several of their Members in their decisions. I like what Hon. Chepkong’a said, that his report is signed by all Members of his Committee. I would wish to hope that all the others are likewise owned by all Members of Committees, so that we do not start hearing one Member saying that they want to move a Motion that so much be reduced from this vote; we need a dam here or a kiosk there."
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