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    "id": 648606,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Aden",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I wish to join my colleague, Hon. Jakoyo Midiwo, on this very important view. As custodians of the people, who are entrusted constitutionally with the protection of the Constitution, it will really be very wrong for us to say that we allocate money to a fund that clearly violates the management of public funds. It is absolutely wrong because the National Assembly has not had an opportunity to interrogate and look at the Regulations and pass them in good faith knowing that public funds will not be misused. It is going to be very difficult or almost impossible for us to allocate funds to that particular kitty. There is need for a very urgent consultation within the next 24 hours with our colleagues in the Senate. This is because we do not want them to misunderstand us. I know that in the recent past, there were funds which were to be allocated to them and this House did not allocate them. I request you to appoint a group of very few Members of Parliament within the next 24 hours to go and sit with representation from the Senate and agree on an amicable solution to this because the Supplementary Budget cannot wait. It must pass immediately. What must happen is that agreement should be reached within the next 24 hours. This amount should be dropped out of the current Supplementary Budget so that within the next two or three months, we can review those Regulations and ensure that they are in order. This is because there is a process of de- gazetting them, bringing them to the National Assembly and then having them agreed between the two Houses and for them to be gazetted again. I ask our colleagues in the Senate to be fair to Kenyans in these circumstances where resources are very limited and are granted mileage to go and do their work. Every Senator is granted mileage to go and do weekly oversight in his county. Why, then, would they want to create this other kitty, which they want themselves to manage, contrary to any law that we know about? It is going to be very difficult to account for this money. I urge that we need an urgent consultation between the two Houses in the shortest period of time so that this Supplementary Budget is not delayed. We should drop out this funding within the next 24 hours and give the two Houses time to consult on the Regulations. I thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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