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    "id": 763507,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/763507/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mulu",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1955,
        "legal_name": "Benson Makali Mulu",
        "slug": "benson-makali-mulu"
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, the IEBC was allocated Kshs45 billion to prepare and conduct the general elections of 8th August 2017, which they did. Now this House, which is expected to provide oversight, is being asked to provide an additional Kshs12 billion for the repeat presidential election without asking hard questions. What happened to the money that we gave them? If we are to do our national duty, we are required to ask tough questions, as an oversight institution. We should hear of Kenyans who are behind bars because they did not correctly use the money that was allocated to them. We should hear of Kenyans going through a court process to determine if they made prudent use of the Kshs45 billion – an amount which could be used to construct another Thika superhighway and leave some balance. What surprises me is that this House just wants to approve the amount of money that has been requested. I have no problem with that but, as an oversight institution, this House needs to rise to the occasion and ask hard questions. I have respect for Hon. Limo because I was with him in the 11th Parliament, but this Committee should have helped Kenyans to get answers to those questions before proposing to this same House to add Kshs2 billion to the initial amount requested by the IEBC. This House cannot be an extension of the Executive. This House is independent, and is expected to behave as such."
}