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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Henry Rotich",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury",
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    "content": "In this Budget, we have provided resources for the requisite medical technology for all our public hospitals, and for the expansion of immunisation coverage to reduce infant, child and maternal mortalities, in addition to continuing to fund free maternity care. This House approved the 2017 Budget Policy Statement in December and this paved the way for the preparation of Budget Estimates for the Financial Year 2017/2018 which Parliament approved yesterday. The estimates broadly reflect the priorities that I will elaborate shortly. In addition, I have submitted the Finance Bill, 2017, which contains the taxation and financial proposals that will further help achieve our goals. Let me now turn to the highlights of this Budget. The main message of my Statement is that we have accomplished a lot in the past four years and have laid a solid foundation and built the infrastructure to support more businesses to flourish and to achieve accelerated shared economic growth. This will help us create even more jobs and improve the lives of our people. In this respect, this Budget will continue to empower businesses and entrepreneurs to invest, grow and create jobs. This Budget will continue to implement our transformation agenda to build new roads, railways and other infrastructure that will generate new growth opportunities. We will also continue to prioritise social spending in support of education, health services and cash transfers to vulnerable groups."
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