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    "id": 968669,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "for SRC commissioners irregularly. His application of Article 223 is defined in the PFM Act and the Constitution. It must be a matter of emergency. The Budget and Appropriations Committee in their report of the Financial Year 2019/2020 rejected it. So, we expect somebody to be surcharged. This must be seen in the Report of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). Who are we surcharging? Is it the Cabinet Secretary and his Principal Secretary, Kamau Thugge? There are many cases. We even had Ruaraka land payment of Kshs1.3 billion that the National Assembly rejected. Who was surcharged? If we do not get serious by having those officers held accountable, there will be an abuse of Article 223 of the Constitution by the National Treasury. As we approve Amina Abdalla, the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning led by the able Chair, Hon. Limo, and PAC led by Hon. Wandayi need to consult and see what happens to more than Kshs200 million which was rejected by the Budget and Appropriations Committee in the Financial Year 2019/2020. Who will be held responsible? This afternoon, we were discussing the audited accounts. The Chair must have a list of people who have been surcharged for violating Article 223. Finally Hon. Speaker, the Parliamentary Service Commission that you chair, today in the Supplementary Appropriation Bill created a third account holder called the Joint Services. It is very easy now to manage Parliament. The Senate has its own accounting officer and the National Assembly has its own accounting officer who is our Clerk. We now have an accounting officer called Mr. Nyandiere, for the Joint Services. There is a programme in the gym that falls under Joint Services. That officer now has resources. We expect the Joint Services to improve because we have made it easier for him. He can now spend money. He does not need to go to the National Assembly or the Senate. At least, we have discussed the Motion extensively. Hon. Pukose, I do not know whether your request will be accepted by the House. It is now a bit tidy and a bit decent. Hon. Otiende Amollo will agree with me that it is now a bit decent. You are now in order. With those many remarks, I beg to support."
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