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    "id": 714941,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/714941/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mulu",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1955,
        "legal_name": "Benson Makali Mulu",
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    "content": "We could do what I call value for money audit or cost benefit analysis to know whether we should continue with this programme or not. This is closely tied with the way we prepare our Budgets. We have adopted programme budgeting and through this, we focus more on outputs and targets. We have said many times that when we are preparing Budgets, it is always good to know that we have provided resources to achieve specific outputs and targets, so that as we move forward, we know how far we are in terms of the implementation of those specific outputs and targets. I have in mind the police housing units. Every financial year, we have set aside money to construct 20,000 police housing units. To date, we have only done 1,500 police housing units. Why should we continue appropriating more resources to the same target when it cannot be achieved in a financial year? These are some of the programmes in which we could reduce the targets and at the end of the day, reduce the Budget deficit. This could also help this country to provide more resources to important institutions like the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA), which then will be able to oversee the police in terms of the way they are doing their work and make sure that issues of human rights are properly addressed. The other issue that I want to address is energy. When you look at this country, the target was to achieve 5,000 units in terms of energy. Over time, we have not even done a quarter of that. What is even more annoying and surprising is the fact that when you look at the BPS, it does not mention coal as a source of energy."
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