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    "id": 625811,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/625811/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nyamweya",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 391,
        "legal_name": "Manson Oyongo Nyamweya",
        "slug": "manson-nyamweya"
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, if it is the issue of the Finance Act, we can amend it in this National Assembly so that we stop being told that, as Parliament, we have no ability to increase the amount of money required by various ministries. I sit in the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). When the Kenyan athletes went for the last Olympics, someone gave them air tickets. We have pending bills on that account. Here is a client who has given the Kenyan team tickets to travel out, but he has not been paid. We are now being told that although we know that we will go to the Olympics--- You know when a mother is expecting a baby for sure, the baby will be born. Whether you like it or not, you must buy the things which are required. The Government is aware that people will travel. Why should the National Treasury close its eyes and tell Members of Parliament that they cannot allocate funds and yet, we know very well that the country will go to the Olympics? Kenya is known for the Olympics and yet, we do not factor the money. I urge the National Assembly to amend the Act and make this Budget the way it fits this country."
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