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    "id": 1060094,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Navakholo, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Emmanuel Wangwe",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to second the Motion by the Chairman, Budget and Appropriations Committee. As Members are going through the Appropriation Bill for the First Supplementary Budget, it is important to note very salient issues that are in this proposal. For instance, there are issues which we noted as a Committee, in terms of the legal observations. For example, the Committee noted that there are some gaps in the formatting, structure and content of the Supplementary Budget. It is important, in as much as we are dealing with figures, to note the configuration of those figures and how they have come about. Hon. Speaker, there is also the issue of expansion of the fiscal deficit where the revenue is expected to significantly under-perform in the current financial year, whereas there is an increase in spending through these Supplementary Estimates. It is important that we incur expenditure, as a Government, but it should be contained. That is why it is important that, as Members debate these Supplementary Estimates, they note that fact. There is the issue of extensive budget cuts for State-owned enterprises, an issue which is important that the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning should advise the National Treasury. Why are we keeping these State-owned enterprises? Why are we incurring costs to pay salaries? Why should we do that and yet, the Government can easily diversify, get way from supporting the State-owned enterprises and commercialise them? This is a good thing 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."
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