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    "id": 480733,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o",
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        "legal_name": "Peter Anyang' Nyong'o",
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    "content": "Mr. Chairman, Sir, my point is very simple, but I think very important. Mr. Chairman, Sir, first, I am frightened by what Sen. Omar is saying. He seems to be holding the view that so long as Mombasa County has a very large recurrent expenditure, there should be no ceiling whatsoever on what that county should spend on Recurrent Expenditure. The very reason why there should be a ceiling is to help Mombasa County to bring down its recurrent expenditure. Mr. Chairman, Sir, secondly, let me just share an experience with the Senate. In the year 2003, the national budget of the Republic of Kenya was Kshs580 billion. We began wondering in the Treasury and Ministry of Planning and National Development how we could increase the budget of the Republic of Kenya. We decided to do that by stimulating expenditure by the Government. If you stimulate expenditure by the Government, then you compel it to look for revenue to finance that expenditure. Indeed, the Government came up with a very ambitious infrastructure project which compelled it to look for revenue to finance that infrastructure. Today, the Kenyan annual budget has gone up to over Kshs1 trillion whereas for many years it had stayed below Kshs500 billion per annum. Therefore, if we put a ceiling on recurrent expenditure, it would compel us and the counties to look for money for development expenditure. As development expenditure goes up, the percentage for recurrent expenditure will, in fact, go down. Mr. Chairman, Sir, what we are doing in this amendment is extremely important for stimulating development in the counties by putting a ceiling on recurrent expenditure. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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