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    "id": 562700,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nassir",
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        "legal_name": "Abdulswamad Sheriff Nassir",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, the Vice-Chair of the Committee has said it very clearly. Parliament is a House of records. We would like to be told when the Government is going to take appropriate action against the person who broke the law and violated the Constitution? We want this to be very clear. The Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee has repeatedly quoted section 223(5) of the Constitution that in any particular financial year, the national Government may not spend under this Article more than 10 per cent of the sum appropriated by Parliament for that financial year unless, in special circumstances, Parliament has approved a higher percentage. Hon. Deputy Speaker, it is very evident that what we are doing right now is paying for the neglect of certain individuals because they spent money without it being budgeted for or being approved. When we look at these supplements and the key performance indicators that are there, things are not tallying. Things are totally not tallying. We are coming back to the same question: “Why the rush to push this in three days before the next financial year?”"
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