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    "id": 430151,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mulu",
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        "legal_name": "Benson Makali Mulu",
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    "content": "The other thing we also need to consider is the issue of costing of functions. When we met last with all the accounting officers as the Budget Committee we said this year – that was last year’s Budget – for us to allocate resources to Ministries and counties, we will need to see a clear costing of functions. If you read this Statement, you will find that, that issue still comes up. Even as we discuss this Budget, the issue of costing of functions has not been properly done. On what basis are we allocating resources? Is it on guess work? I think we need to be serious. We are saying that in future, as a House, we need to say that if functions are not given a cost then this House will not go ahead and allocate resources. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, my last point is what I will call gender-based budgeting. The Constitution is very clear on affirmative action. We cannot be talking about affirmative action if resources are not channeled to that area. We are saying that we need proper gender-based budgeting so that when we talk about affirmative action, it is closely tied to resources. If that does not happen then this Government is not doing justice to Kenyans in terms of gender-related issues."
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