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    "id": 1006301,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Eldama Ravine, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Moses Lessonet",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I beg to move that the Appropriation Bill be now read a Second Time. Hon. Members, this is debate on the Second Reading of the Appropriation Bill. I hope Members have heard you, that we are now doing the Second Reading of the Appropriation Bill for the Financial Year 2020/2021. The Appropriation Bill 2020 basically represents the penultimate step of a rigorous budget-making process for the Financial Year 2020/2021. It follows the approval of the Budget and a Report of the Budget and Appropriations Committee which this House adopted on Tuesday this week, including doing the Committee of Supply. So, it is important to emphasize that in these 2020/2021 Estimates, there is a lot of effort by the Executive and this House. Budget- making is a function of the National Treasury that this House, this Parliament, has put a lot of resources towards the mitigation of the COVID-19 pandemic. We all agree that COVID-19 has come with its challenges and it is impacting negatively on revenues and employment. Many youths out there have lost their jobs. Once we approve this Appropriation Bill, it is going to release resources towards such mitigation. Like we mentioned during the Committee of Supply, there are resources to Kazi Mtaani . That is so that our youth who are out there can get a few jobs. There are resources towards building of dams by the communities so that, at least, everyone, despite, the impact of COVID-19, can get something to do. This Appropriation Bill seeks the issuance, out of the Consolidated Fund, of a sum of Kshs1,456,147,560,961 which is the sum required to meet the national Government expenditure during the Financial Year ending 30th June 2021. Hon. Speaker, this Bill also appropriates money granted for services and purposes specified in the Schedule as approved by this House during the Committee of Supply this last Tuesday. Hon. Speaker, because this House has already spoken to the Estimates of 2020/2021, I just want to highlight a few allocations by sector."
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