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    "id": 1588112,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui Central WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu",
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    "content": "being here three times is not easy. So, Hon. Nyakundi must appreciate that fact. Thank you so much. I will not take more than four minutes because, as my Chairman said, this matter was discussed during the budget debate, the Committee of Supply, when the Cabinet Secretary presented the budget to us, and we are now here for the fourth time. Without much repetition, let me just raise two issues. Our Chairman has said that, through mediation, they have decided to increase the allocation to Ksh415 billion. The allocation approved by this House was Ksh405 billion. At that time, when we approved the allocation of Ksh405 billion, we had already pegged our borrowing at 4.5 per cent of the GDP, which in figures translated to Ksh896 billion. So, I think it will be important for the Chairman to tell Kenyans whether this additional Ksh10 billion going to the counties is part of the borrowing or a reorganisation. That must come out clearly because it will have an impact on the budget deficit. The other issue, which is closely tied to that, is that when we approved the budget as a House, we were at Ksh896 billion in terms of borrowing. I do not know whether that is still additional borrowing, which means our budget deficit as approved by this House through the medium-term debt strategy will also be changing without going through our Committee process. The Public Debt and Privatisation Committee of this House approved 4.5 per cent of our GDP as the deficit for this year. On the figures of Ksh47 billion and Ksh10 billion, my Chairman should tell Kenyans whether we are borrowing more or we are cutting on expenditure on some items so that we fit within our suit. With those many remarks, I support."
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