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    "id": 632052,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Midiwo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Washington Jakoyo Midiwo",
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    "content": "Today, we had a lot of Committee confrontations. I am just from the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations where Members were angry at the Chairman, but we have sorted out those issues. There were accusations. We affirmed that as Members of Parliament, we always have reasons for doing certain things. In that regard, we sorted out our issues. On Tuesday night and during the leadership meeting at the Serena Hotel in Mombasa, we agreed that we must find a solution that only this House can make. As the leadership of this House, we must give guidance. We agreed to find ways and I took it upon myself to consult the Budget Office about the issues and loopholes that I thought the Budget and Appropriations Committee may either have deliberately misunderstood or was ignorant of its mandate. The BPS that was laid, debated and passed in this House a week ago had cured most of my concerns. Members never read what the BPS guided us to do and it is good to inform them. Two years ago, I complained that the Budget and Appropriations Committee was giving itself undue advantage over the rest of the House Members by allocating their constituencies funds without following the due process. That has been cured in the BPS. The National Treasury must make sure that if there is a pork barrel to be divided among constituencies, then there should be a formula. There is a recommendation on that in what we passed. Further to that, it is good to inform ourselves because I do not think we can wriggle ourselves out of this. But we can only bring new Members to the Committee. It is also good to lower ignorance."
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