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    "id": 989085,
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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": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. As I second, I was trying to ask myself something, at the back of my mind, about what the Chair was moving. It is on a light touch. Was it the Appropriation Bill or something else? Let me second the Bill. This Appropriation Bill is prepared based on Article 223 and Section 44 of the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act. Let me make it very clear. First, it is to thank the Budget and Appropriations Committee for doing a good job and making sure that they interrogated the various stakeholders despite the challenges we are facing as a House, and asked the House to approve the Report on the Supplementary Appropriation Bill. Let me also make it very clear. I am sure the Chair will agree with me that this Supplementary Appropriation Bill is a reflection of this House’s resolution on the Financial Year 2019/2020 Supplementary Estimate, which we passed. So, you cannot introduce new things. I hope the amendments that will come this afternoon from various committees will be in tandem with the Report or the resolution of the House. In simple language, what does this Supplementary Appropriation Bill entail? The amount of money involved in this Supplementary Appropriation Bill, which we hope to finish today, hopefully the President will sign because he has already signed the Tax Laws (Amendment) Bill which is now an Act of Parliament. I am sure all the benefits that were meant to cushion Kenyans from the COVID-19 pandemic have already been translated into law following the assent to that Bill. So, this Supplementary Appropriation Bill seeks to address the following areas or any issues under the COVID-19 interventions. So, the Kshs40 billion people were talking about and asking where it went to, and that the Cabinet Secretary was spending Kshs1 billion a day, was just a fallacy. This afternoon and after this Bill is assented to, the Cabinet Secretary will get money to give to other actors dealing with COVID-19 interventions. Secondly, the amount of money we are going to deal with or allocate through this Supplementary Estimates Bill will be additional funding to cater for salary shortfalls and unforeseen and unavoidable expenditures that will come up during these emergencies. Thirdly, there is the element of about Kshs6 billion which will go to pending bills, more so to the correctional services, the Kenya Prisons Service. You have seen Kenyans who are demonstrating. I hope before the end of the Financial Year all those Kenyans from across the country who supplied goods to our correctional service will be paid. Parliament cannot act in vain. If we have allocated money for pending The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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