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    "id": 1525028,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1525028/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui Rural, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Mwalika",
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    "content": "Currently, the deficit in our national budget stands at around 17 per cent. We need to strive to balance our budgets so that we reduce borrowing. We also need to reduce the use of Article 223 of the Constitution, a provision in financial management that is being misused by mandarins at the National Treasury. We spend between Ksh100 billion and 200 billion annually using this Article. That is money which is not budgeted for, and when spent, it immediately affects the projects that are budgeted for. It is a pity that some withdrawals for debt payments are made manually. Last week, we met with the Controller of Budget, who said that she approves 115 debt payments every week. Some of them are done manually, and she has no time to go through all those payments. Therefore, the recommendation that the National Treasury automates the withdrawal of debts money is important to increase accountability in debt repayment. Hon. Temporary Speaker, the other thing is fiscal consolidation. This is a song that we have sung for too many years, and it is high time that we strictly followed fiscal…"
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