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    "id": 991394,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/991394/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 1835,
        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
        "slug": "anthony-kimani-ichungwah"
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me the protection. The Constitution provides that during the review of the Estimates, the Budget and Appropriations Committee shall seek representation from the public and the recommendations shall be considered when the Committee makes its recommendations to the Assembly. In this regard, every year, since the year 2013, the Budget and Appropriations Committee has been fulfilling this constitutional requirement. The Committee has managed to undertake public hearings through visits to the various counties within the Republic. Since 2018, when the current Committee was constituted, 24 counties have been visited and we were planning to visit another 12 counties. Hon. Speaker, the Committee deliberated on the choice of the counties to benefit from resources earmarked in the approved 2020 Budget Policy Statement (BPS) to cater for public initiatives and developed through the following criteria: (i) giving preference to counties that have never been visited and those that have"
}