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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, within the National Assembly, the Budget and Appropriations Committee must listen and agree with what the respective committees have presented, even if not in totality. If we do not do that, then the whole essence of committees in their oversight role will be lost. This is because even before we agree to this Budget, the respective committees have been overseeing these Ministries over a period on key indicators like the absorption rate. In fact, the absorption percentage of a Ministry can be a reason for it not to be given more money. If you were given Kshs10 billion last year and you are returning Kshs2 or Kshs3 billion, then there is no justification for you to be given more money. That can only come from the respective Departmental Committees, which engage, deal with and oversee Ministries on a daily basis. This is not done by the Budget and Appropriations Committee, which is supposed to be the policy organ."
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