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    "id": 1575992,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1575992/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Teso South, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mary Emaase",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I also rise to support the Report, but I wish to make some observations. As a House and as a country, we can certainly do better than this. We are witnessing an excessive number of supplementary budgets. Supplementary budgets should only be used for essential adjustments to address unexpected expenditures. However, many of the costs we are adjusting were not unexpected, such as reductions in the energy sector and the National Affirmative Action Fund (NGAAF). We have seen reductions in funding for various ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs), including education capitation and university funding. These were already known expenditures that should have been accounted for and, therefore, should not be subject to adjustment under supplementary budgets. Furthermore, the reductions in capital expenditure, stemming from an inability to generate projected revenues, highlight the need for MDAs to adopt realistic projections to prevent unnecessary adjustments that negatively impact implementation. The uncertainty surrounding MDAs cannot continue. We must reduce the frequency of supplementary budgets going forward to ensure that Kenyans receive the services they need without affecting functions that are already budgeted for. For instance, many constituencies across the country did not receive their electricity allocations due to various adjustments made in the last financial year. This issue arose partly because the Finance Bill, which would have provided funding, collapsed. I call for those constituencies that did not receive funding for last-mile connectivity to be considered for affirmative action. Had we had the opportunity as committees to scrutinise these matters, we would have insisted on maintaining those allocations affected in Supplementary III. Thank you."
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