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    "id": 878662,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/878662/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 15,
        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
        "slug": "aden-duale"
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    "content": "I saw today that the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and Coordination of National Government refused to go to the Senate. If you ask me, the Cabinet Secretaries for Interior and Coordination of National Government, Defence, Foreign Affairs and Education outside ECD, have no business in the Senate. No Cabinet Secretary should be worried because the Senate cannot even impeach them. The only House that can impeach is the National Assembly. So, even if Matiang’i defies them, they will just discuss him. I am sure tonight the Senators will go for him, but it is the law, not me. They cannot even impeach the President. It must start from here. The county governments have been allocated Kshs310 billion. That is what they will get. We will go to mediation, but where is the money coming from? I want to emphasise that Section 25(3) of the PFM Act states that BPS shall provide an overarching policy framework to guide the national Government and county government in preparing the budget. In fact, this Report will guide the Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury to prepare the Estimates on Revenue and Expenditure. The same will help the county governments to prepare their budgets for the following the financial year and the medium term policy. The adoption of this BPS will therefore provide the basis for which Government will prepare a detailed budget itemised to be submitted again to Parliament by the end of April. So, the Cabinet Secretary has the whole of March to prepare his budget and by end of April, he must submit it. The Budget and Appropriations Committee while reviewing the 2019 BPS made some very useful observations and recommendations. I wish to make the following observations that the Committee has made: The Committee has proposed adjustment to the ceiling of Kshs2 billion. Whereas the Government acknowledges the adjustments are within the purview of Parliament, section 39 of the PFM Act, 2012 requires that any increase in the expenditure should be offset by a similar reduction. That is why we are saying the budget must balance. So, if Parliament increases, then they must find a way to cater for that increase or reduce from another sector. Two, it is important to know these adjustments to be made. The revenue projections in 2019 BPS are very conservative and have taken into account the current prevailing"
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