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    "id": 968884,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kandara, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Alice Wahome",
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        "legal_name": "Alice Muthoni Wahome",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to speak to the Report on examination of financial statement. Let me start by appreciating the Report. It is timely, but most important, we have looked at a Supplementary Budget and my colleague has spoken to the fact that new items have found their way into the supplementary budget. Obviously, that is bad manners and bad practices. The role of a supplementary budget is very clear as laid out in the Constitution and its parameters are known. Therefore, when we have new items, it is possible that people want to sneak in items that are likely to benefit particular individuals and not the public interest. As we do this, unfortunately, there are projects that have stalled because they have been underfunded, have not been funded or the budget has not been released. Therefore, the work of this House is not to congratulate the work, but to oversee by giving positive criticism that is likely to help the Executive. We are in an era where we do not have a functional Opposition because it is in bed with the Government. Therefore, we wait for possible criticism that is not forthcoming. The work of Members of Parliament elected through the ruling party is not necessarily to commend the Government every time or to support always. 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."
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