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    "id": 801811,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Mbarire",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 78,
        "legal_name": "Cecily Mutitu Mbarire",
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    "content": "particular emphasis on food, security, universal health care, manufacturing and affordable housing. Looking at that Budget, we are still seeing gaps in terms of real budget allocations marked specifically for projects that will ensure that we achieve the Big Four Agenda. So going forward, we are hoping that we can have very clear budgetary allocations as was proposed by the Budget and Appropriations Committee, that aimed at ensuring that we achieve the Big Four Agenda so that we do not lump it together with the rest of the Budget. There is also a very important proposal that was made by the Budget and Appropriations Committee, which proposed that the Parliamentary Budget Office does put together a list of compendium of projects that are at the national level for use by committees. It is only yesterday that in our Committee on Energy Members were saying that we need to enhance our oversight role as a committee and therefore we need to be on top of things in understanding what projects are happening and where within the Ministry and to ensure that we monitor and evaluate the same as we move along. Therefore this particular proposal to the Parliamentary Budget Office is a proposal that should be taken seriously and I hope that we can have this list of projects so that every committee can be able to follow up on the projects that are happening in the various Ministries. Of importance is the whole issue of State agencies and how they spend their money. It is clear that the scrutiny of the budgets of State agencies - that is parastatals and other agencies that are not necessarily within Ministries - need to be deep in view of the ongoing corruption issues that are being raised every day. Most of these State agencies do not bring their full Budgets to the committees for scrutiny and it is no wonder that we are reading stories of budgets being moved from one item to another without due regard of the law. We are also seeing money being inflated for certain projects without due regard of the law, therefore, going forward, there is need to be able to understand the budget of these State agencies by the committees and also to understand the absorption levels. There is need to have better oversight of the State agencies. It is also important that we have the key drivers of the…"
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