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    "id": 811173,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/811173/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui Central, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Benson Mulu",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Benson Makali Mulu",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I must admit that the point of order raised by Hon. Kajwang’ is quite in order. I am sure majority of us have learnt something from the debate. When you look at what used to happen before the new Constitution and what has happened after, in terms of public finance management, this law was enacted quite a long time ago. In the spirit of harmonising all the laws with the new Constitution, it would be important that a provision like what is required here be factored into the PFM Act, 2012, so that it is a straightforward matter. That would help this country. As you were saying, during the 11th Parliament, we never heard of the Committee of Supply or the Committee of Ways and Means. But now that they seem to be really important and are adding value to our work, we need to take up this challenge and make the necessary amendments so that even as we do this next year, in terms of the constitutional requirement, it will be in order. For those of us who served in the 11th Parliament, the most important law in terms of raising resources - ways and means - was the Finance Act. We did not hear of those other Acts. We are all learning. Let us take up that challenge. Since we amend all the laws ourselves and are also in the process of amending the Public Finance Management Act, we can take advantage of that opportunity and make sure that this kind of gap can easily be captured and we move forward."
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