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    "id": 1077104,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1077104/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 376,
        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
        "slug": "millie-odhiambo-mabona"
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    "content": "Moreover, that is why we are finding two to three weeks to the end of the financial year we are still bringing a supplementary budget. However, if we were realistic about what the country is facing then we would be making a budget unusual, but not budget as usual. If you look at this budget, it is budget as usual and not budget unusual. You can see that what we should be investing in right now is the challenges that the common Kenyans are dealing with. However, I also understand that the government had done that economic stimulus package and we cannot do this endlessly. This is because then we also have to generate revenue so that the country can move on. That is why I am saying it is a very difficult time to be a leader in this country. However, having said that I also note that one of the things we are not doing is we have not put in money into the sectors that will stimulate economic growth post-COVID-19 and for me that is one of the reasons why I am saying that this is a budget that is not budget unusual. This is because we should be doing budget unusual. I will be moving an amendment to the Public Finance Management Act that we need to mainstream certain issues related to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) especially gender equity, poor people concerns and issues relating to children. This is so that whenever a budget is brought, the Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury must tell us how much of that budget has to do with the reproductive health issues and children’s issues, especially now that cases of sexual abuse and gender based violence have gone high. If we do not commit it in law, then it is never taken seriously or even issues to do with marginalized areas."
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