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    "id": 7705,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mungatana",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 185,
        "legal_name": "Danson Buya Mungatana",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, first, we want the Minister to explain the following issues:- (i) Why is it that there were exceptionally high Exchequer releases to the Ministry of Education, 41.4 per cent, Ministry of East African Community, 35.6 per cent, the State Law Office, 31 per cent and Ministry of Trade, 30.6 per cent? All those agencies of Government have received over 30 per cent of the allocations within the first quota, which inexplicably means that they will most likely overshoot their budget if this trend continues. That is the first clarification we wish to seek. (ii) Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the second issue is on the non-Exchequer issue to the Ministry of State for Immigration and Registration of Persons. The Ministry has not received any resources in the first quota of the financial year, which means that there is a possibility of a change of Appropriations-in-Aid (A-in-A) that we had agreed will be collected from the Ministry, and which they may have changed into revenue. We had said here in the Budget Policy Statement that all those should be treated as part of revenue. They needed to have gone to the Consolidated Fund and be issued with revenue normally. We need a clarification on that. Are they obeying what this House passed or is the Minister doing his own things? (iii) Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, most agencies have received exceptional low Exchequer issues on the development funds. We are worried that, that might lead to non-implementation of projects and programmes. It would be costly in terms of holding Government funds that have been borrowed already and interest is accumulating thus, making that money very expensive. (iv) Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we would also like the Minister to come and explain to the House the following:- He had undertaken to keep the inflation rate within a single digit. What are the factors? Why is it that in this quarterly review, that has been disobeyed? In fact, we have gone to double digits within the first quarterly review? At the same time, we want fidelity to what we have passed in this House."
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