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    "id": 104504,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kenyatta",
    "speaker_title": "The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Supplementary Appropriations Bill 2010 seeks statutory approval from this Parliament for the expenditures contained in the recurrent and developmental Supplementary Estimate of the Financial Year 2009/2010, which I laid before this House on 13th April, 2010. The Budget I presented in June of 2009 amounted to Kshs867.7 billion of which Recurrent Expenditure amounts to Kshs606.7 billion and the Development Expenditure Accounts for Kshs258.9 billion and a Civil Contingency Fund Account for Kshs2 billion. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, since the commencement of the financial year, we have experience numerous challenges, including prolonged drought and El Nino floods. As I said, in the Motion, this has in turn led to increased demands for additional funds to mitigate adverse effects arising from the challenges. I wish to assure the hon. Members that despite the challenges, we have contained our expenditure within the resources available in order to maintain macro economic stability. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have made re-allocations within the Budget to cater for the requirement for urgent strategic intervention which emerged during the financial year which includes, as I stated earlier, voter registration and other preparatory activities for the national referendum, drought emergency and flood interventions, purchase of excess maize also for farmers strategic grain reserve and to cater for the shortfall of the budget for the national census. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would want to reassure hon. Members that the funds allocated to Ministries and departments shall, indeed, be applied prudently to achieve the intended objectives. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Clause 2 of the Bill provides for the issuance from the Consolidated Fund, the sum of Kshs42,008,528,669 and to appropriate the funds to various services and purposes during the financial year ending 30th June, 2010."
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