{"count":1608389,"next":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=137651","previous":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=137649","results":[{"id":1392911,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1392911/?format=json","text_counter":80,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Deputy Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Proceed, Hon. Wandayi."},{"id":1392912,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1392912/?format=json","text_counter":81,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Ugunja, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. Opiyo Wandayi","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker. The issue I wanted to raise is very important and Members should pay attention. The Financial Year 2023/2024 is three or so months shy of coming to a close. The performance of the budget is dependent to a larger extent on how money is released by the Exchequer and absorbed by respective ministries and State departments. Every budget cycle, we undertake public participation. Upon such participation, money is appropriated. I am talking specifically about public participation about the money in the Ministry of Roads and Transport, in the State Department for Roads. That money is budgeted for every other financial year. Not a single cent has been disbursed from the National Treasury to the Ministry for the financial year I am talking about or from the Ministry to respective agencies. For budget performance, the kind of employment generation we are talking about through the affordable housing project is the same kind that would be generated through road maintenance and construction. What is good for the goose is certainly good for the gander. If employment can come from affordable housing, it can similarly come from road maintenance and construction works. Therefore, what is stopping the National Treasury from releasing funds towards public participation for budgeted works in the State Department for Roads? This is an issue that concerns every Member here. Roads do not exist in the air. Roads are in the constituencies which we represent."},{"id":1392913,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1392913/?format=json","text_counter":82,"type":"scene","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"[The Deputy Speaker (Hon. Gladys Boss) left the Chair]"},{"id":1392914,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1392914/?format=json","text_counter":83,"type":"scene","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"[The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Omboko Milemba) took the Chair]"},{"id":1392915,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1392915/?format=json","text_counter":84,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Ugunja, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. Opiyo Wandayi","speaker":null,"content":"We do not want a situation where, once money has been appropriated, some people sit in some dark corner and determine which allocation to disburse and which one not to. That would certainly be tantamount to undermining the authority and power of this august House. I plead with you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, to allow a few Members to contribute to this issue because it is a matter that is so serious that it can cause problems between this House and the Executive."},{"id":1392916,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1392916/?format=json","text_counter":85,"type":"scene","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"(Applause)"},{"id":1392917,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1392917/?format=json","text_counter":86,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Ugunja, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. Opiyo Wandayi","speaker":null,"content":"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"},{"id":1392918,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1392918/?format=json","text_counter":87,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Ugunja, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. Opiyo Wandayi","speaker":null,"content":"This House remains an independent institution. We are not beholden to anybody or any other authority. We refer to the Speaker when we are in this House. Once we make a decision such as passing an Appropriations Bill, which then becomes an Appropriations Act, and money continues to be collected by the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), it must be disbursed. We will not allow you to get away with it, especially on the matter concerning roads. I want you to compel the Leader of the Majority Party to follow up with the National Treasury and come back with a definite statement, if possible, tomorrow. Before you do so, please, allow some Members to ventilate so that we can get the gist of the matter. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."},{"id":1392919,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1392919/?format=json","text_counter":88,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Omboko Milemba","speaker_title":"The Temporary Speaker","speaker":{"id":13328,"legal_name":"Jeremiah Omboko Milemba","slug":"jeremiah-omboko-milemba"},"content":" Very well. If there is interest, I will give, at least, two Members from both sides, then we will move to the next Order. You need to key in on intervention button. The first intervention I see here is from Hon. Bashir Abdullahi. Do you want to speak on this matter? Is Hon. David Gikaria in the House? Proceed."},{"id":1392920,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1392920/?format=json","text_counter":89,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Nakuru Town East, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon David Gikaria","speaker":null,"content":" Hon. Temporary Speaker, first of all, I thank the Leader of the Majority Party for being very candid on cabinet secretaries’ matters and what they do. It is very unfortunate because they had the same excuse last week. We amended our Standing Orders in the last Parliament to allow cabinet secretaries to be coming here instead of chairs of committees answering written Questions. That is how important it is for them to come to the Floor of the House. The Leader of the Majority Party has indicated this."}]}