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    "id": 965726,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I beg to support the report of the BAC on the Supplementary Estimates I of 2019. First, I want to say very clearly that we must follow the law when formulating the Supplementary Budget as provided for in Article 223 of the Constitution and Section 44 of the PFM Act. The National Treasury and the National Assembly have two distinct roles in the Budget-making process or even in dealing with supplementary estimates. That is why we have the BAC together with the Departmental Committees which ensure that the Report before this House this afternoon has undergone all the legal tests underpinning how a Supplementary Budget is dealt with. I am sure if there is anything contrary to the laws and regulations, they have been dealt with at the level of the committees and at the level of the BAC, as the lead Committee. It is very clear that the law allows the Executive, in the course of a financial year, to request the National Assembly to appropriate funds for various reasons. The main reason why the national Executive will always bring supplementary estimates is because of the need to meet The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}