Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 358046,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/358046/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 339,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Bunyasi",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 2511,
        "legal_name": "John Sakwa Bunyasi",
        "slug": "john-sakwa-bunyasi"
    },
    "content": "Thank you Hon. Deputy Speaker. My name is John Sakwa Bunyasi, Member of Parliament for Nambale. I rise to support and interrogate this proposed Bill. In the Presidential Speech, it was quite clear that the attainment of double-digit growth was one of the core goals and we know that there is planning of growth in the Budget. That will enable things to happen. So, it is very important that, as we look at this Bill, we should also say that it should be the kind of budget that will provide the services that can contribute significantly to double-digit growth. I am not quite sure about that because I do not have enough information. What I would like to say here is that let us not make the assumption that what goes to the counties is a waste and that what remains at the central Government is useful. Waste occurs at both levels. But, also, as the resources go to the counties, they are better distributed across the country. One of the problems with the double-digit growth is that it does not tell us about distribution. This country has gone through phases of development where growth has been geographically concentrated because of deliberate Government policies. So, anything that goes towards re-distributing it more broadly using the resources is helpful. We shall allow the counties in that process as much leverage as possible to determine locally where the priorities actually lay and minimize what comes from Nairobi as pre-determined expenditure. I feel it is critically important that we interrogate seriously these proposed allocations, even in the absence of the underlying assumptions that they are not yet available to us. But it is quite clear, when you see the direction of change, that, that probably is what is intended to provide support. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I would like to re-iterate the earlier comment that has been made that, for instance, the growth of Parliamentary expenditure allocation is only 9.2 per cent. Whereas Parliament, even in terms of physical numbers--- If we just get the change in numbers of Parliamentarians--- It only has the quantum of expenditure that is implicit in that change. It has grown by a factor of nearly 40 per cent and the allocation has increased by only 9 per cent. That is not going in the right direction. Secondly, I think the growth in the Judiciary expenditure to me is inadequate because people are not getting justice. I assume there is a capacity issue in the Judiciary side. I hope that,"
}