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    "id": 724596,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move: THAT, Clause 8 be amended by inserting the following new paragraph immediately after paragraph (b)— “(c) by inserting the following new subsection immediately after subsection (7)— “(8) Three (3) months prior to a general election, no procurement shall be carried out by the national and county governments, or their respective entities, in respect of their respective development votes unless with the approval of the National Treasury.” The gist of this amendment is to ensure that there are some controls in Development Expenditure around the election period, so that we do not have cases of imprudent application of resources. We are saying that under subsection (8), we amend Section 17 of the principal Act, which is under the responsibility of the National Treasury to administer the Consolidated Fund. It seeks to introduce a provision aimed at stoppage of all activities with regard to development at both the national and county governments, at least, three months to the general election. This is very important. I am saying this because this House has the responsibility of appropriating resources. That is why this afternoon, I tabled the 2017/2018 Budget Estimates. We are saying three months to the general election. Just like the way the National Government Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF) accounts are frozen, all Development Votes must be controlled. That is why we are giving the National Treasury a leeway. There might be an emergency. The KDF might be faced with an emergency within the three months’ period. There might be a challenge in security. There might be an outbreak of a disease in a county. We are giving a leeway for such specific scenarios, in which case the approval of the National Treasury shall be sought. This is a new law. We never had it before. I think we are under obligation, just like we protect other resources, to protect the resources of the people of Kenya from the political class at both the national and county levels."
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