{"id":655766,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/655766/?format=json","text_counter":67,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. A.B. Duale","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":15,"legal_name":"Aden Bare Duale","slug":"aden-duale"},"content":"That, notwithstanding, under Article 223(5), the national Government may not spend more than 10 per cent of the sum appropriated by Parliament for a given financial year. The law, in allowing for Supplementary Estimates, does not give the CS a blanket cheque. The Constitution has given the CS a ceiling of not more than 10 per cent of the sum appropriated by Parliament for a given financial year, unless Parliament has approved a higher percentage. If the CS needs to spend more than 10 per cent, he must have parliamentary concurrence and approval."}