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    "id": 1488267,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1488267/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiharu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ndindi Nyoro",
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    "content": "Secondly, we have become more or less a Government that takes up most of the responsibilities. Economic theory dictates that as democracy grows, people demand better and more services from the Government. Therefore, the Government spending increases. That is where Kenya is. Basic education is mostly free. The Government also shoulders a huge cost of higher education. The Government is also investing in health care. Therefore, most resources go towards Recurrent Expenditure. I was in Kiharu the other day and some of the people I was having a discussion with were surprised by the amount of money we expend on Recurrent Expenditure and on welfare, for example, the money that we give to our parents who are over 70 years old and above. It is hardly even possible for a policy-maker to boast that we are spending money on welfare because it appears to be a paltry sum of only Ksh2,000. But the reality of it is that we have budgeted Ksh30 billion for that alone. Therefore, very little has been left for major infrastructural development. All the more reason why the “haircut” was applied to all arms and levels of Government. That is why the equitable share fell from Ksh400 billion to the current Ksh380 billion. However, in this Budget, it is Ksh410 billion, because there is a carry-over of Ksh30 billion from last year, which we could also not realise through the revenue-raising measures. Lastly, on the recommendation of the Departmental Committee on Budget and Appropriations, the wisdom of the Committee’s Members was that when we budget for money and there is a shortfall of revenue..."
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