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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Midiwo",
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        "legal_name": "Washington Jakoyo Midiwo",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support the Motion on the Floor. The Motion before us is very important. The arrogance with which the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Finance treats this Parliament is one that we cannot afford to accept anymore. We cannot entertain it anymore. I was in the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade before the formation of the CDF Committee and we negotiated with the Minister on the first allocation. I am sure after consulting with the Committee, they will be willing to let go the first year in the spirit with which we negotiated with the then Minister for Finance, Mr. Mwiraria. However, these are not favours. What the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance owes to Kenyans is not a favour. It is in law. We cannot have Ministers and Ministries which operate outside and above the law. The monies that should be paid to the CDF should be paid with interest because they are using that money to do other things. I want to say without fear of contradiction, as the Whip of this Parliament, that should the Minister and the Ministry not comply, the Supplementary Budget will not be approved. That is the formula that we used then. Let me inform hon. Members that they put their foot down a few years ago when the Government refused to release the CDF funds. We said there would be no Budget without the CDF funds. I plead with hon. Members that without the resolution of this problem, there should not be any Supplementary Budget because it is only the CDF that works for our people. The rest is being stolen by fat cats."
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