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    "id": 298155,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. C. Onyancha",
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        "legal_name": "Charles Onyancha",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Bill and commend the very hard working Minister for Finance for the effort he has put. As I do that, I wish to bring to his attention that as much as funds are allocated to projects and to ministries, so much is returned at the end of the year because of lack of absorption while other projects are in need and are actually stalling because of lack of funds. I would be very happy if there could be some synchronisation between the projects and the ministries which are able to spend and the ones which are not able to spend so that delays do not come and that may be realized if the tendering processes are synchronized with the budget as well as the timely releases of funds. There have been known cases where funds are released in April for capital projects which may take a long time and before the tender process is completed or as soon as it is completed, you do need a lot of time for preparation. So, I would urge that, that aspect of expenditure be looked into. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, secondly, I am happy the Minister for Health is here. I want to urge and support him in saying that one of the pillars that we need to look at closely is the social pillar and among its major objectives should be to take care of old age poverty."
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