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    "id": 1588114,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Saku, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ali Raso",
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    "content": " Finally. Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Indeed, this is the culmination of the budgetary process for the year 2025. We must thank both the Budget and Appropriations Committee and Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning, for they have done a good job. For the first time, there is not much acrimony or contestation about the budget or the Finance Bill. I want to make a few points. First, this is a budget that fits on one piece of paper. It is like a shopping list. It has aggregated what is at the Executive at the national level, the Judiciary, the Legislature, and also at the county level. The first thing we must ask of each other as Kenyans is serious fiscal management of the economy. Hon. Makali Mulu said that if we must manage our economy well, the budget deficit should not grow more than 4 per cent or it should even be less so that we borrow less from outside or internally. Second is the issue of corruption and misuse of public resources. The budget for this year is Ksh4.3 trillion. Indeed, that is the highest budget ever, and we must look after these resources. Let no one take advantage and think that there is a lot of resources out there that they can misuse and abuse. Third is the issue of monitoring, evaluation and oversight by this House. If we give any institution resources, both at the national and at the county level, those resources must be monitored, checked and certified because ultimately, as a budget-making House, we are the final authority on the use of those resources. In that case, it is our signature that counts at the end of it all and that is why we must make sure that there is value for money for Kenyans. With those remarks, thank you for giving me the opportunity. I also thank my colleagues from those two committees who have done a great job that we can see the finality of the budget."
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