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    "id": 562702,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/562702/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Musyimi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mutava Musyimi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Today we are not here discussing the National Youth Service (NYS) so I have no wish to be dragged into that issue. I know it is very juicy politically but that is not what we are discussing. What we are discussing is the Supplementary Budget and the special circumstance. When we asked the National Treasury, they came out clearly that it is the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR). We repeat that it is the SGR and the figure requested is Kshs130 billion. The Committee that oversees the SGR is the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing. They have not raised any question on this matter. When the National Treasury came, we raised our questions and we were satisfied that our questions, which are similar to the ones Hon. Dalmas Otieno is asking, were answered. That is why we were able, as the Budget and Appropriations Committee, to agree almost unanimously that we bring this Report here. This is the Report of the Budget and Appropriations Committee and that Committee has people from both sides of the divide sitting in it. I stand by this Report on behalf my Committee and I also stand here with the explanation given to us by the National Treasury as satisfactory. 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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