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    "id": 677011,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/677011/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wakhungu",
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        "id": 1889,
        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": "Clause 13 proposes a new Section 39A of the Act that provides for the process of approving expenditure for purposes of the National Assembly. It is already provided for in the Constitution, but we do not want governments to take advantage that we have this provision and circumvent the role of the National Assembly. In the presidential system, the National Assembly is a budget-making House and it is, indeed, important that all budget making processes pass through the House. The issues of the Budget Policy Statement, the passing of the Estimates and the passing of the Appropriations Bill must all come here. So, this provision can only be applied at extraordinary circumstances like electioneering time. Even in electioneering time, the budget- making process can be brought earlier, but if we bring such a clause, it is going to encourage bad behaviour. If any discretion is allowed, then this Parliament, being a budget-making House and somebody somewhere is going to take this role from us. It is key that we guard this role jealously."
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