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    "id": 55970,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Okemo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 198,
        "legal_name": "Chrysanthus Barnabas Okemo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Not too long ago, we had the Supplementary Printed Estimates which were debated and actually approved by this House. The Supplementary Appropriation Bill is meant to rationalize it and put it in the form of a Bill that can then be assented to by the President. So, actually, we have grievances, but we are trying to solve them the wrong way. That is because once we have approved the Supplementary Estimates, you cannot again attempt to go through the back door to amend them after you have approved them yourself. However, that does not mean that the grievances that the Members of Parliament are raising are not valid. I think the Assistant Minister for Finance, during his contribution here, made a commitment - and I heard him - that the issue of the CDF was going to be addressed in the 2011/2012 Budget. We must hold him to account because he is still going to come back here. It is this same House that is going to consider that and approve it. I think it is better, so that we can make better use of the time of the House, to proceed and deal with the issues that have to do with the implementation of the Constitution and get over with this issue of the Supplementary Appropriation Bill. That is because at the stage where we are, it is really a formality. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir and I support."
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