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    "id": 801886,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wamunyinyi",
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        "legal_name": "Athanas Misiko Wafula Wamunyinyi",
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    "content": "The Budget and Appropriations Committee’s tours of the counties that have been mentioned are in line with the provisions of the Constitution. Article 221(5) of the Constitution is clear. It says that in discussing and reviewing the Estimates, the Committee shall seek representation from the public and their recommendations shall be taken into account when the Committee makes its recommendations to the National Assembly. The Committee visited my county and we appreciated. My colleague, Hon. Didmus, talked about it. We were happy that we were visited by the Committee. A public baraza was held, leaders’ meetings were held and the position of the county was made clear. We gave what our priorities would have been, as was stated by my colleague. However, when it came to preparing the Report, our position was changed. It is important in ordinary circumstances for people’s views to influence policy. If they influence what ought to be done, it will touch people’s hearts. We are not just doing it for people in Nairobi or for the Committee of this House. It is for the people. That is the Constitution says we should seek views from the people and take them into account when we report to the National Assembly. I call on the Committee to comply with the requirements of the law and put in place what the people of Bungoma wanted."
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