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    "id": 7175,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/7175/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mbadi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 110,
        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "assented to”. Article 221(6) which talks about the introduction of the Appropriation Bill in the House says: “When the estimates of national government expenditure, and the estimates expenditure for the Judiciary and Parliament have been approved by the National Assembly, they shall be included in the Appropriation Bill, which shall be introduced into the National Assembly to authorize the withdrawal from the Consolidated Fund of the money needed for the expenditure, and for the appropriation of that money for the purposes mentioned in the Bill.” By the time this House gave the approval on Vote on Account, the Appropriation Bill had not been published. Therefore, the clarification I want to seek from the Attorney- General, and I wish this statement came earlier because now I think even the memory of the House is a bit blurred. This House had not debated the Estimates. We had not debated the Estimates and, therefore, the Appropriation Bill had not been introduced to the House yet we went ahead and passed the Vote on Account. The only way this House can pass Vote on Account is when the Appropriation Act has not been assented to, and not when the Appropriation Bill has not been introduced into the House. Therefore, hon. Attorney-General, any amount that was withdrawn on the strength of the Vote on Account, as the Government legal advisor, was it done procedurally? I ask this because even next year we will still go through a Budget cycle. Could he clarify to the people of Kenya that this House can give authority to withdraw funds on Vote on Account even without giving approval on the Estimates and even before the Appropriation Bill has been introduced in the House and even before it was published, like it was the case this financial year? Thank you."
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