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    "id": 510370,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/510370/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Bunyasi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2511,
        "legal_name": "John Sakwa Bunyasi",
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    "content": "debate about how much should be allocated to the counties and whether it is adequate. Those are completely different issues, but I am glad that in respect of the role of this House, as exercised through the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), that has been overcome. We have talked a lot about expenditure; we also need to talk about revenue because it is part of what we receive in these Estimates. There is a huge variance between the revenue estimates as expected by the various Ministries and how they enter them into the Budget and the actual availability of resources. Part of that problem arises from the fact that donor funds, particularly multilateral funds and sometimes bilateral funds are not released in accordance with the schedule that the Government had anticipated. We have asked over and over and told a few officers to be more realistic in what they provide in their budgets, but I think it is a matter that needs to be looked at much more seriously because any time there is a shortfall in funding, it means that the projected expenditures in relation to how much growth we expect cannot be achieved. So, I think special care needs to be put on the revenue side as well to ensure that we get the resources---"
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