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    "id": 914285,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Matungulu, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Stephen Mule",
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        "legal_name": "Stephen Mutinda Mule",
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    "content": "The State Departments should not take any statement from this Parliament for granted. Hon. Ichung’wah agrees with me on this. If a State department does not spend money pending certain conditions to be met, that is the final deal. They should not proceed. During the budget- making process, we, as Members of Parliament, found very grey areas within the State Departments and Government. I want to urge this House and every committee to make sure that we deal with those grey areas within the State Departments, so that Kenyans get value for money. Sometimes, it pains when a State Department receives money from the National Treasury but does not release it to the programme which the money is envisaged to. We saw that during our budget-making process. As Hon. Ichung’wah stated during the budget-making process, Members are very keen on their oversight role. From now henceforth, all the Departmental Committees have the duty to make sure that we oversee every penny we have given to the State Departments."
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