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    "id": 55925,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/55925/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kimunya",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Transport",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 174,
        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand to strongly oppose what the hon. Member is trying to do. Under Standing Order No.108, the matter is very clear. The proviso says “---any Appropriation Bill or Consolidated Fund Bill”. What does the word “any” mean in this case? It means that whether it is Supplementary Appropriation Bill or Consolidated Fund Bill, it is exempted. That is the ordinary meaning of the word “any”. So, let us not try to split hairs here. This is a serious matter. If the Supplementary Appropriation Bill does not go through, funding of the Government will come to an end. Is that what we want? Clearly, that is not what we want. It is not our intention. We are only splitting hairs. Secondly, if you look at the HANSARD, you will see that this is the procedure that this House has adopted since Kenya got Independence in 1963. What has changed now so that we are splitting hairs about Supplementary Appropriation Bill, Appropriation Bill and Consolidated Fund Bill? We must move on. We want to give money to the Government, so that all the pending programmes, including the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF), can get funding. With those remarks, I beg to support."
}