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    "id": 1613572,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Alego Usonga, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Samuel Atandi",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Speaker, I thank you for giving me this opportunity to reply. Before I reply, let me first of all thank Members of this House for debating this Report vigorously and raising some fundamental issues, which the Budget and Appropriations Committee has taken note of. Some of the issues that were raised by Members include concerns about the current budget implementation. Even though there is a hypothesis that the Budget is not fully implemented, the report which is before my Committee outlining how the Budget for this financial year is performing, tells me that it is performing above 50 per cent. Considering that development projects of Government involves elaborate procurement process, I think this is quite okay. I also think that the allegation that the Government is not disbursing the exchequer is not an accurate assumption. The other issue which was raised has to do with the fiscal deficit. Some Members complained that we had put revenue projections which are not accurate because the Finance Bill has not been decided, discussed and approved. You are aware that these are merely projections. In fact, if you want to establish the accurate revenue collected in a financial year, you have to wait for the audit which normally happens after the financial year has lapsed. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for informationpurposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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