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    "id": 88543,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/88543/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mbadi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 110,
        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "My Chairman has talked about the CDF. The law is very clear on the minimum percentage that should be voted on this vote head. But the Ministry has been violating this consistently. Even for this financial year, if you work out the two and half per cent of ordinary revenue, it is more than what the Minister is showing as going to the Ministry of Planning, National Development and Vision 2030 to be given to constituencies. Why do we pass laws in this House which we do not respect? That is the question! When this House passed a Bill which became an Act of Parliament, which requires the Ministry to present before the House a Budget Policy Statement, it was deliberate. It was deliberate because it is increasing Parliament’s participation in the Budget making process. But if you look at the actual Budget Estimate and the Budget Policy Statement, the variance on expenditure is over Kshs158 billion. That, with our Budget of about one trillion, is a significant departure. Therefore, it makes mockery of the Budget Policy Statement and the very intention for which it was made a requirement."
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