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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I stand to support the Appropriation Bill, 2015. At the outset, I want to thank the Budget and Appropriations Committee and the National Assembly for first passing the Budget Estimates for the Financial Year 2015/2016. I also want to thank the Office of the Clerk for sending the certificate communicating that approval to the Executive. Thirdly, I want to thank the Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee and his colleagues for not agreeing to the amendments or adjustments that were presented to the Committee. However genuine and convincing they are, Parliament and its committees need more time to interrogate the extra Kshs4.1billion, so that the Cabinet Secretary can bring it back through the Supplementary Estimates later in the year. However, my problem is one, and I think this is the right time to say it. We have allocated these huge sums of money to various Government Ministries and departments. It is the responsibility of the National Assembly, as an oversight authority, to make sure that the absorption rate of each and every department is met. It should be pegged every year before we meet the different departments, the Budget and Appropriations Committee and the respective committees. We must look at how much money has been spent by those departments and Ministries from the allocations that were made in the previous year. So, the absorption rate of money from both the Kenya Government and the donors is a matter of great concern not only to this House, but I am sure even to the President as the custodian and the appointing authority of his Cabinet. Secondly, the National Assembly, which has powers of the budget-making process, must check wastage in terms of the per cent of the money that we appropriate. That wastage must be The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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