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    "id": 648528,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Nicholas Gumbo",
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    "content": "I wish to second the approval of the First Supplementary Estimates for the Financial Year 2015/2016. Hon. Speaker, these Supplementary Estimates are prepared in compliance with Article 223 of our Constitution, which requires that in any financial year, the supplementary estimates should not exceed 10 per cent of the Budget without the approval of Parliament. The Constitution also provides that the National Treasury should seek approval from Parliament within two months of the first withdrawal of money from the Consolidated Fund for purposes of supplementary appropriation. Hon. Speaker, it is still disheartening that, up to now, the Treasury is not complying with that clear provision of the Constitution. In future, when we accept publication of the Supplementary Estimates, we must insist on clear evidence of compliance with this Constitution before the estimates are tabled before the House. In our Report, we have noted that the fact that this provision of the Constitution is not being complied with clearly implies opacity and contravenes the transparency principle in the expenditure of public funds. Under our overview in number four, we have looked at the legal compliance of these Supplementary Estimates. It shows that it has adhered to most of them. Nonetheless, the Committee has noted some non-compliance. As a Committee going forward, 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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