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    "id": 1250584,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1250584/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Teso South, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mary Emaase",
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    "content": "Kenya-Kwanza Manifesto. It is also important to note that it is the very first Budget prepared under the Kenya-Kwanza Government. Having said that, allow me to demystify some of the facts around the Budget. During our interaction with the media when we did a press release, most of the questions that were being asked were about the Finance Bill. In one way or the other, there seems to be some kind of need for clarification because many Kenyans assume that finance and Budget are the same. I do not blame them because they are not very far from the truth. You cannot speak about Budget without talking about revenue and referring to debt. I want to tell Kenyans that the Budget is basically about distributing the cake. It is about how we are planning to spend our money for the 2023/2024 Financial Year. How do we intend to spend it on procuring goods and services? How do we plan to spend it on development projects and transfer payments? For transfer payments, I am referring to payments that we make to programmes like Inua Jamii and the money for the elderly, which is normally a transfer of money that does not involve transfer of goods and services."
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