Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 1060108,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1060108/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 249,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui Central, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Makali Mulu",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 1955,
        "legal_name": "Benson Makali Mulu",
        "slug": "benson-makali-mulu"
    },
    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity. Let me also join my Chair of the Committee in supporting this Supplementary Appropriations Bill. This Bill is drawn from a Report which was discussed and passed by this House last week. So, we are just now making it an Act of Parliament by passing this Bill. Importantly, I want to make the following observations. Most of these things are things we have said in the past in this House. I want to agree with Members who are saying that the National Treasury needs to take their time and do a more serious job in terms of the budgeting process. The challenge we have in this country, which we must address, is that we are doing our budgets at a time when revenues are not behaving the way they are expected to. Our projections in terms of revenue are to some extent not realistic. I have said this many times! We need to ask ourselves: Where are we not getting it right? If you look at Hon. Mwai Kibaki’s time as the President of this country, we were collecting about 23 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product 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."
}