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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mwingi North, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Eng) Paul Nzengu",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity. Even as I support the Report, I agree with the previous speakers. I want to pick on the issue of the Supplementary Budget, where the budget deficit rather than decreasing, was increased from Ksh887 billion to Ksh920 billion. Hon. Temporary Speaker, it was reported that the budget rationalisation was to take care of the deficit yet the recurrent expenditure was reduced in most of the State Departments and the overall deficit increased. This is just to sound an alarm that, as Parliament, we need to be more serious on interrogating the actual expenditure. Are we getting our priorities wrong? If the recurrent expenditure is reduced yet the overall budget deficit is increased, it is an issue of concern. The other issue of concern is the amount of revenue that we expect to collect vis-a-vis the amount of money that is being paid in terms of debt, especially the fact that we are paying almost Ksh1 trillion in terms of interest. This is also something that our attention must be drawn to. We 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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