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    "id": 553613,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/553613/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wakhungu",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1889,
        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
        "slug": "chrisantus-wamalwa-wakhungu"
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. I rise to support the Motion by the Budget and Appropriations Committee. I also thank the Committee for working extra hard to bring this Report on time. I want to mention something on the State corporations. You realise that 32 per cent of the allocation to State corporations is coming from the Exchequer. We know very well that State corporations are supposed to stand on their own. They are supposed to be efficient and effective. For how long are these State corporations going to rely on the Exchequer? Another issue that I have seen in this Report is on the Ministry of Education. I have not seen the Ministry of Education’s bursary for secondary schools. I wish the Chair of Budget and Appropriations Committee was listening. I do not know what we are going to do because we have so many families that are suffering. These are the families that have been relying so much on this bursary for secondary schools. Of late, we are not seeing it. So, we need to get an explanation. I have gone through the votes under the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology but I cannot see the money that was being allocated to these children from poor families. It is true in this presidential system that the budget-making process lies with this Parliament. We should not allow the Executive to continue dictating things as if we are still in the parliamentary system. It is indeed important that as relevant Departmental Committees work together, we should work in harmony with the Budget and Appropriations Committee so that"
}