{"count":1608389,"next":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=155728","previous":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=155726","results":[{"id":1575462,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1575462/?format=json","text_counter":3398,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP)","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Hon. Deputy Speaker, I take note of what Hon. TJ Kajwang’ has said. However, if we consider it alongside the response given by the Senior Counsel, the Budget-making process is a function of the entire House. The Committee system is a purely administrative issue for managing the process due to the large numbers involved. Every Member is supposed to play their role as a representative of the people. Forget about everything else. We must also consider why the framers of the current Constitution introduced Article 223, which appreciates that emergencies arise. We cannot legislate every Government activity."},{"id":1575463,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1575463/?format=json","text_counter":3399,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP)","speaker_title":"","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":1575464,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1575464/?format=json","text_counter":3400,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP)","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"If we do that, we will not function effectively. Certain matters must be left to the Executive. This is the tradition, whether in Westminster or elsewhere. The Supplementary Estimates III seeks to endorse post-expenditure, that is, to allow, legalise and put into perspective what has already been spent. I would also like to agree to some extent with my good friend, Hon. Emaase. In future, the National Treasury should allow a bit more time, two or three weeks, because we understand how these processes work. This will allow Members of the Budget and Appropriations Committee and relevant Committees ample time to go through the Estimates. As it stands, and I know the good Counsel is aware, there is nothing illegal. Play your role. If you want to bring an amendment, please do so. If you want to voice your concern, do it. If you want to vote against it, do so. The Bill is properly before the House. You should play your role as a representative of the people."},{"id":1575465,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1575465/?format=json","text_counter":3401,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Deputy Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Hon. Oundo."},{"id":1575466,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1575466/?format=json","text_counter":3402,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Funyula, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo","speaker":null,"content":" Hon. Deputy Speaker, it is very perturbing how we are handling the affairs of this House regarding to the Budget-making process. The drafters of the Constitution provided for Article 223 to take into account exigencies that might occur during the financial year, but, honestly, bringing the matter to the House at the very end of the financial year smacks of mischief, considering that Article 114 provides that a Member of Parliament cannot move any amendments without the concurrence of the National Treasury. This is a matter we must reflect upon as a country. Otherwise, we might risk making the Budget-making process unpredictable and mess up the economic and proper management of national resources."},{"id":1575467,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1575467/?format=json","text_counter":3403,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Funyula, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo","speaker":null,"content":"Hon. Deputy Speaker, if you peruse the document, you will find areas with increments and others with massive reductions. It is a symptom that at the beginning of the budgeting process, we seem to have problems with proper forecasting and understanding of our responsibilities. For example, there was a promise to extend the railway line to Malaba, yet we are now reducing railway transport by Ksh1.9 billion. Are we keeping our promises? Are we keeping our word? The promises made outside the House appear to be empty rhetoric, not grounded in law."},{"id":1575468,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1575468/?format=json","text_counter":3404,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Funyula, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo","speaker":null,"content":"Finally, Hon. Atandi has said what we all know but are afraid to speak publicly: we are doing badly. We are unable to raise the revenue we project. The budgeting process is basically a clock to find ways and means of making us lose money. Bound by Articles 114 and 223, we have no choice but to sing along, say hallelujah, praise and worship, and just accept it. This is the unfortunate state our country has fallen into. Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker."},{"id":1575469,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1575469/?format=json","text_counter":3405,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Deputy Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Hon. Oundo, you have used many superlatives, but you are not backing up your claims with concrete facts. I will allow Hon. Kimani Kuria and Hon. Ochieng' to comment, after which we will close this debate."},{"id":1575470,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1575470/?format=json","text_counter":3406,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Molo, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Kuria Kimani","speaker":null,"content":" Hon. Deputy Speaker, on the matter raised by Hon. Kajwang', it is important that we realise that once a Bill is tabled in this House, it becomes a property of the House. A Committee Report just informs the House. It does not mean that this House must abide by the Report of the Committee. This, therefore, means that even the Report tabled by my colleague, the Chairperson of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, Hon. Atandi, is not necessarily binding. Any Member of this House can rise in their position and amend any of the proposed allocations in that particular Bill. That said, it is important to know that Supplementary Estimates III has been necessitated by the fact that, although our revenues have increased based on how much we"},{"id":1575471,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1575471/?format=json","text_counter":3407,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Molo, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Kuria Kimani","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."}]}