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    "id": 599738,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon Kaluma",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "George Peter Opondo Kaluma",
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    "content": "when Parliament needs to look beyond what has happened elsewhere to undertake its budgeting role. Hon. Speaker, when you make this decision, I request you to look at Article 95; the one dealing with the power of Parliament to appropriate funds to the national Government and the power to oversight those funds. Under oversight, we are told that nobody is an exception. You can summon anybody without exception. You can call everybody you want to come. I started by mentioning that I am from the conference because of the value I see under Article 10. I do not know whether there is a Constitution in the world that specifically prescribes the national values and principles that govern a country like ours. That is what we are doing under Article 10. This is a very brief provision in the Constitution. The value of good governance, transparency, integrity and that of accountability are some of the few virtues that we singled out as values that we want to be governed by and as values that must characterise and define how we relate, whether in public office or otherwise. So, accountability is an important thing. That is why in oversight, there are no holds barred. Hon. Speaker, in your role as the Chairman of the PAC, you have sat in the Budget and Appropriations Committee during oversight sessions. Nobody is an exception. Hon. colleagues, this issue of accountability is so big that it cannot be subordinated to principles like committees and others. Let me end because my colleagues need to speak. It is good to talk about committees and I personally respect our CJ. I respect him and wish him well, but there are problems at the Judiciary. We are talking about funds that are lost and we are not being personal. We want good fiscal policies, proper administration and application of public funds that we allocate that body. This money is paid by poor Kenyans out there. The truth of the matter is that there are issues about expenditure and we have spoken about committees. The CJ is talking about a committee, but look at this when you give your ruling. He is saying that we must show restraint and be operating between one another, but look at what the CJ is saying in the second paragraph on Page 2 of his letter. He says:- “It will help eliminate the use of needlessly abusive, inappropriate and intemperate language as contained in some sections of this report”. That is the attitude of the Head of an organ of Government. He is saying that each and every recommendation of a Committee of Parliament sitting as Parliament is erroneous. Let him submit a memorandum if he cannot come."
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