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    "id": 875067,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Let me thank the Leader of the Majority Party for moving the Motion. I beg to second it. As he has clearly stated, I want to clarify that, indeed, what the Budget and Appropriations Committee has cleared is a total of 41 legislative proposals out of which, 33 are listed here for publishing. I support the Motion. Let me remind you that in the last Session, last year, I tabled in this House an updated Report, which we have made customary in the Budget and Appropriations Committee. Often, we are confronted with questions by Members, even in the streets and along the corridors of Parliament. As the Leader of the Majority Party has said, people ask us why we are sitting on their Bills and legislative proposals. Many of these are usually letters written to the Speaker and circulated on social media. Even before we see them and forward them to the Parliamentary Budget Office for determination on the money Bill effect, people are already asking who is sitting on their Bill. Therefore, I want to urge the Members to first take time to understand the provisions of our Standing Orders and Article 114 of the Constitution. They should also understand the process of a Bill right from the time they do it as a legislative proposal to the time of publication. Therefore, from the update we gave last year, I will also be tabling the second update for this House to know the status of all the legislative proposals that have come before the Budget and Appropriations Committee. I can tell you that from January 2018, when the Budget and Appropriations Committee came into operation up to last week, Tuesday, 12th February when this House opened, a total of 141 proposals have been received for money Bill determination as per Article 114 of the Constitution. In the course of the two weeks we have been in Parliament, more have come in. Out of all these proposals, 84 were determined to have money Bill effect and out of these, 65 were referred to the Budget and Appropriations Committee for recommendations in line with Article 114(2) of the Constitution."
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