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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, at the outset and with your permission, I want to say that everything we do in this House is in line with the Constitution and the related laws. The function of overseeing the Executive, as we are doing now, is a function for each and every Member of Parliament. The function of legislating is the one we have just done where our members, on instructions from some people, did not perform that function. They are not performing the function of oversight on budgetary matters. I hope they will perform the function of representation and go back to their constituencies over the weekend, as we do. The budget-making process is in Articles 218 and 223 of the Constitution. It is only this House, and not the Senate, which has the powers in making budgetary provisions and making sure that necessary resources are appropriated through the appropriation law for Government to spend. It is a function of this House to follow up on the monies we have appropriated to see whether they are being used in the most efficient and prudent manner. Even in forming an ad hoc Committee, we are not violating any provision of the Standing Orders or the Constitution. We are used to Madam Speaker, the current Governor of Bomet. Hon. Soipan, we will get used to you. You know, she is unique because she is a lawyer. So, she will understand. That is why this House decided to help NASA in appointing, from among their ranks, who sits in the Chairperson’s Panel. They cannot even do a simple job like that. This Supplementary Budget is very important. It contains Kshs9.2 billion for the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to conduct the fresh elections. This Supplementary Budget contains the biggest landmark achievement of our administration in as far as free secondary education is concerned. A sum of Kshs25 billion has been factored into this Supplementary Budget so that after we are through with the elections, and Uhuru Kenyatta is elected, we can go back to our constituencies and come January, the money will be there. Members of Parliament will use the bursary fund for the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) exclusively for higher education and colleges, and for other things. We have Kshs4.2 billion that this Supplementary Budget is allocating to the security agents in as far as election preparedness is concerned. There is no crime. I want to say it here. Those people who walked out, opposing the reduction of the publication period of the Election Laws (Amendment) Bill are ignorant. They did not read the Bill. As I said, read the Bill. What that Bill contains is good for NASA, Jubilee and the people of Kenya in as far conducting a free, fair, transparent and peaceful election is concerned. Rejecting that Bill shows that you are either not ready for the election or you have some monkey business to do, which they did. We want the physical Form 34A brought to the national tallying centre of the presidential election. We want to win this election fair and square and beat our opponents by more than three million votes. Therefore, they can walk in and out, if The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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