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    "id": 967054,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/967054/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tigania West, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Mutunga",
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        "legal_name": "John Kanyuithia Mutunga",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, forthe opportunity to contribute to this Motion on adoption of the Report by the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning on the approval of Dr. Margaret Nyakang’o for appointment as the next Controller of Budget. As the appointment so presumes, the appointment for eight years for somebody who is 60 years in a country where we have so many young people who are qualified does not sound like a good thing. This lady is qualified according to the Report. I do not doubt the Committee which has clearly said that she is qualified, but if you look at the job description, in view of Article 228 and adjacent articles 204, 206 and 207, the work that the Controller of Budget is supposed to do includes; release of the Equalisation Fund. When you look at the situation of the Equalisation Fund at this point in time, this money has not moved. This is a challenging area. We expect this lady to take care of the release of Equalisation Fund and by giving insights that are required in that docket to have this Fund do the work and monitor the implementation of these projects so that we can have these regions equalised as per the Constitutional requirements."
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