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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kabondo Kasipul, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Eve Obara",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute. At the outset, let me also appreciate the Liaison Committee and support their Report. A supplementary budget is supposed to take care of some of the unforeseen expenditures that were not captured in the main Budget. I have looked generally at what has been presented here. There are certain gaps that we have noted. The first one is the challenge of financial management. It appears that we have a problem with balancing revenue and expenditure. If you look at our revenue for the period under discussion, we have over Ksh1.5 billion. However, we still have a shortfall of Ksh110 billion for the period between July and December. I am not sure what could be the problem. As mentioned earlier, we appear to have a problem with the tools that we use for projection. It seems that they are outdated. We need to look into this area so that our projections are realistic for the future. We also seem to have a problem with the utilisation of funds on the expenditure side. We have to find a way to reduce unnecessary expenditure, particularly when we have a shortfall in training, per diems and trips for large numbers of public service members. The other issue is the use of Article 223 of the Constitution. It appears that we overuse it to the extent that the requests received amount to Ksh88 billion. What we were able to accommodate from the National Treasury is only Ksh40 billion. Even within our committees, The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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