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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo",
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        "legal_name": "Nicholas Gumbo",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, I thank you for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Bill. I want to start by appreciating the work that has been done by the Budget and Appropriations Committee in giving Parliament the ability to have teeth with regard to resource allocation. I do not want to go back to what a lot of my colleagues have said but, in many occasions, we have spoken about the ills that are bedeviling our country. In this Budget, we are seeing in attempt to address the issues that affect our country. Hon. Speaker, as we have said before, it is good to aim at achieving sustainable economic growth. However, if that economic growth does not translate into addressing the contemporary issues that affect the country, we would, in a way, be planning in vain. So, as we go forward, it is very important that the programmes that we have put in place – which we want to address through this Budget – be programmes which will address the issues that affect our country. As we speak, some of the biggest issues confronting our country have to do with unemployment amongst our youth, national insecurity and food security. The omission that I would want to note, in keeping with the programmes of the Government in power, it is not clear from the Budget whether we are still on course. It is not clear from the Budget whether we are still on course with regard to the long-term development blueprint which is the Vision 2030. Indeed, of course, if you want to achieve development for a country and to make our country is a middle income economy--- But as you listen to the proposals being laid here, it is emerging that we are departing on a daily basis more and more from the goals The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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