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    "id": 1383832,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1383832/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Khwisero, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Christopher Wangaya",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I also rise to support the Report on the 2024 BPS. It is written in accordance with Section 25(2) of the Public Finance and Management (PFM)Act 2012. It lays Government priorities and strategies and it also sets expenditure ceilings per vote-head. The National Treasury has done well to ensure that the deficit of the 2024/2025 Budget is reduced from Ksh886 billion to Ksh703 billion. As we laud the National Treasury in this endeavour, we should also ask ourselves if the over-projection of revenue collection by the National Treasury will hinder the implementation of this Budget. If the National Treasury does not collect the Ksh2.5 trillion in ordinary revenue, it means the deficit in this Budget will increase. It also means that some programmes and projects within the Budget will be affected. On a good side, Hon. Speaker, I also want to laud this BPS. As the Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee has put it, ensuring equity and equality within the nation is the way to go. We should laud the allocation of equal amount of money to all parts of the country to ensure that all areas within the Republic of Kenya are connected to the power grid. Having money in this Budget to ensure that our interns, who we employed two or three years ago, are employed on a permanent and pensionable basis should also be lauded. Allocating more money to Parliament to enhance capacity building for Members of Parliament and ensure that there is money for the Senate oversight and ensure that Parliament does not get undermined by the Executive is also another way to go. We must also ensure that the Budget is credible and implementable. The National Treasury has not come out clearly in this BPS, on how it is going to manage the pending bills. Hon. Speaker, I support the Report on the 2024 BPS. Thank you."
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