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    "id": 563350,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/563350/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kembi-Gitura",
    "speaker_title": "The Deputy Speaker",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 242,
        "legal_name": "James Kembi Gitura",
        "slug": "kembi-gitura"
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    "content": " Order, hon. Senators. Pursuant to Standing Order Nos. 2121(a) and 225(2)(b), I hereby, report to the Senate that a petition has been submitted through the Clerk of the Senate by one hon. Vincent Wanyama Obisa, a Member of the Busia County Assembly, concerning alleged flaws in the county budget making process for the Financial Year 2015/2016. As you may be aware, under Article 119(1) of the Constitution, “Every person has a right to petition Parliament to consider any matter within its authority including enacting, amending or repealing any legislation.” Hon. Senators, the salient issue raised in the said petition is that the Busia County Assembly is acting in contravention of Standing Order No.207 of its own Standing Orders by allowing the tabling in the Assembly of the Report of the Budget Estimates Committee for the Financial Year 2015/2016 which was prepared and tabled in breach of the Assembly’s Standing Orders and without taking into account the views of any of the sectoral committees of the Assembly as required by Standing Orders 207(5). Further particulars of such breach are as follows: (1) The select committees were not facilitated to discuss and review the estimates according to their respective mandates and submit reports to the County Budgets and Appropriations Committee within 21 days of being laid before the Assembly. (2) The Budget and Appropriation Committee did not take into account the views of the select committee and the views of the County Executive Member responsible for Finance, pursuant to Standing Order No.207 before laying its report on the Budget Estimates in the Assembly. (3)The Busia County Assembly Budget and Appropriation Committee proceeded to prepare a report on the budget estimates for the Financial Year 2015/2016 without The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
}