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    "id": 1460698,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1460698/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiharu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ndindi Nyoro",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I beg to move that the Division of Revenue (Amendment) Bill, (National Assembly Bill No.38 of 2024), be now read a Second Time. I wish to take a moment to brief Members. As we are all aware, we had made a budget that was to be implemented in the Financial Year 2024/2025. The budget is two-sided, consisting of the revenue side and the expenditure side. When we came before this House, we debated and passed the expenditure side of the budget alongside the Appropriations Bill, which became an Act. Consequently, the revenue side had challenges and the revenue-raising measures that were in place were not realised due to challenges that we are all aware of. In that respect, the Government, including Parliament, had to come up with measures to balance the expenditure and the revenue side of the budget. This has necessitated budget cuts across all Government agencies and the two levels of Government so as to create a balance between the anticipated expenditure and expected revenue. On the national Government side, we came before this House and passed the Supplementary Budget, which was signe"
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