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    "id": 1076721,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mwea, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Josphat Kabinga",
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        "legal_name": "Josphat Kabinga Wachira",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this chance to contribute to this Report by the Budget and Appropriations Committee. On the onset, I thank them for working very hard under difficult conditions that we are in in the country to produce this Report. As I do so, I encourage them to continue fighting for the integrity of our budgets and budget making processes, and more so, ensuring that what we budget for is what we can meet in terms of supply. One of the things that we have noted is that despite the budgets that we do pass in this House, quite often than not, disbursements of funds from the Treasury delays services out there. In the Department of Labour and Social Welfare, we have a number of our Departments that are suffering that cannot provide services because of delayed disbursement especially for Third and Fourth Quarters. We have, particularly, child welfare that has not received funds for the Third and Fourth Quarters, thereby, putting vulnerable children that have been sponsored by this particular Department at risk of being thrown out of the schools that they are in. Therefore, I request that the Budget and Appropriations Committee continue following it up with the Cabinet Secretary (CS) to ensure that release of funds especially for critical areas is given priority. The budget that we have before us, while we are under serious challenges of our economy, we encourage the Budget and Appropriations Committee to prioritise areas that are social in nature and those that can generate income to not only sustain themselves, but also generate funds to our country. 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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