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    "id": 1451144,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kesses, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Julius Rutto",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Speaker, I rise on this point and request that it is now time that we evaluated our little resources. I want to speak more on the A-in-A. The Report of the Budget and Appropriations Committee is raising a concern that during the Budget-making process, Agencies, Semi-Autonomous Government Agencies (SAGAS) and Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) were not making a full disclosure on what they are collecting as A-in-A. It is a concern that it is only during the Supplementary Budget that they come and say that they would like their budgets to be expanded because they have realised that they have an opportunity to raise more. We go through a lot of stress during the Budget-making process because we end up killing very many other programmes yet there are people in Government who cannot give the right information when it is required. It is at this point that I want to call on all agencies, including Parliament and the oversight committees, to extend their eyes beyond and start looking at this area. Another issue that I want to call upon us to address is devolution, which was introduced to support our economic growth. We need to stop looking at just stretching our main Budget. Can we look at other areas that are able to generate production to support the basic needs before we begin to discuss about manufacturing, growing and removing our economy from trading to production?"
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