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    "id": 676979,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Aden",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 15,
        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Because of time, I want to go to Clauses 13 and 14 of the Bill, which introduce sections 39A and 40A. One is at the national level, which is the National Treasury, and the other one is the equivalent of it at the county assembly level. We are giving powers to the National Treasury to use or start spending 50 per cent of the Budget of a given year without getting the approval of Parliament. There are occasions that could cause that to happen like in an election year. If we allow them to use 50 per cent of the Budget, I can assure you that our Budgets in the future will be coming so late. They will be made lazily by the National Treasury. We are encouraging laziness in the National Treasury by allowing them to have the leeway to spend 50 per cent of what they should spend in the year. I will bring amendments to reduce that from 50 per cent to not more than 25 per cent, so that they can be bound by time and seek the authority of this House. If we are to go by the calendars that we have, there is ample time during election time for the National Treasury to do business with Parliament. Parliament can pass the Budget before people take a recess for elections. Those two new clauses bring in a lot of laziness into the affairs of management of things."
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