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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": "terms of the projected revenues, if we are going to achieve that revenue, we must go back and revisit this particular Appropriation Bill. We must revisit the Act completely because as it is now, we are literally grounding the Government to a halt. We are grounding the entire economy. We are putting the entire economy to a standstill. We will be unable to do anything. When the Chair of the Budget and Appropriations Committee responds to this debate, I would like him to address my tribulations. The National Government Administration has a cut of Ksh6.6 billion under the General Administration and Support Services Programme. We need to know what has been reduced. Is it the money for purchase of equipment or the money for supporting the general operations of the national administration system? If that is the case, how does it relate to the security situation now that we know we are not going to create jobs? We all know that an idle mind is the devil's workshop. Hon. Speaker, also know the purpose of passing an Appropriation Bill but the Treasury does not disburse the money. In our meetings in the Departmental Committees, the Principal Secretaries and the management of State corporations continuously lament that 30 to 40 per cent of what is appropriated is never disbursed. We are running a broken system. As I support, I must go on record as saying that we are running a rudderless and broken system. With those remarks, I support."
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