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    "id": 753751,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/753751/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Anami",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Lisamula Silverse Anami",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I wish to take this opportunity to thank the Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee and, indeed, all the Members for the time and the energy that they have invested in preparing this Budget. I also thank the other Departmental Committees for the contribution that they have made. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, perhaps, the greatest challenge that we have now, as a nation, is the implementation of this Budget. That is because of the small hiccups that we have experienced many times. You will find that in rural Kenya, a lot of those budgetary allocations are returned to the Treasury. We should avoid any money going back to the Treasury because it was not utilized. That is usually caused by strenuous procurement processes. I think there is need for expeditious procurement processes by removing some steps that executioners of this Budget have to go through. The other aspect which I want to emphasize on, and our Committee was sensitive to it, is citizen participation. If it was not for the spirit of our Chair and, indeed, the members of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, we would not have used the little time that was available to conduct public hearings. Nevertheless, I want to support those Members who have proposed that public hearings be conducted at county level because that will enable more citizens to participate and understand the budgetary process. They will also follow the prioritization of those projections. At the moment, we are losing priority because the Budget is not just about identification of needs, but also prioritization. We cannot prioritize laptops because we have children being sent away from school because of small school levies like mock fees and activity fees. Let us think and think about the laptop issue. That is because it is elitist and not a priority."
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