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    "id": 1156086,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Amb. Ukur Yatani",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary, National Treasury and Planning",
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    "content": "Kenyans for their rich and diverse contributions, proposals and suggestions that helped us to finalise this Budget. My appreciation also goes, first, to you, Hon. Speaker of the National Assembly and your counterpart in the Senate, the Leader of the Majority Party, the Leader of the Minority Party, and the entire House leadership, including respective Clerks for overseeing the approval process of the Budget Estimates for the Financial Year 2022/2023 and the related documents. Secondly, I appreciate the Hon. Members of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, the Finance and National Planning Committee, and all other Departmental Committees of this House as well as the staff of the Parliamentary Budget Office, for their constructive inputs during the approval process of the Budget. Third, I recognise and appreciate the management and staff of the National Treasury who have worked tirelessly and for long hours to ensure that this Budget and the supporting documents were prepared within new timelines to enable the presentation of this Budget in April thus paving way for the August general elections. Fourth, I thank the Kenya Revenue Authority, the Central Bank of Kenya, the Office of the Attorney General, the Commission on Revenue Allocation, the financial sector regulators and the various agencies under the Ministry of National Treasury and Planning for their contributions and advice during the Budget process. Fifth, my gratitude goes to our multilateral and bilateral development partners for their continued technical and financial support. Further, I thank the private sector for their sustained contribution to the growth of our economy. Sixth, I appreciate the media and non-state actors for their active engagement and participation in the Financial Year 2022/2023 Budget process. Allow me to once again thank all Hon. Members of the National Assembly and the Senate for their support in facilitating legislative proposals supporting the Government’s economic transformation agenda over the last 10 years. At this juncture I wish Hon. Members the very best as they seek to renew their mandates with the electorates during the upcoming general election. My hope is that the electioneering period will not distract us from our pursuit to solidify and sustain the economic growth trajectory we have realised over the years. Lastly and not least, I remain immensely grateful to my family for their love, understanding, regular encouragement and above all their unfailing support as I steer my demanding duties at the Ministry of National Treasury and Planning since my appointment to the docket. I thank you all and may God bless you."
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