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    "id": 781555,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/781555/?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": "Clause 16 of this Bill talks about public debt. It indicates that debt is going to increase from about Kshs450 billion to Kshs687 billion. If you look at notes 11 and 19, you see the impact. Note 19 says because of all these requirements to pay - because some of these are first charged to the Consolidated Fund - the only amount the Government is left with to plan for our roads, defence and energy is only Kshs143 billion out of a total collection of Kshs1.8 trillion. You can see the impact of some of these things we keep on talking about in this House. It makes the Budget so inflexible that even in terms of planning for other important national projects, our hands are tied. The hands of the Budget and Appropriations Committee and even those of the National Treasury are tied. They have only Kshs140 billion which they can allocate freely. The rest of the money is tied. It is a matter of saying this must go here and this one there. It means we need to help this country as we move forward, to start releasing more resources into this account of free resources which can be allocated for purposes of our roads, defence, energy and other important national programmes."
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