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    "id": 801902,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mboni",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Mwalika Mboni",
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    "content": "Thank you Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to the Budget. First is to congratulate the BAC for doing good work despite the limited resources which go into the Budget. I would like to thank them for allocating Kshs30 million to each constituency for rehabilitation of the roads. As we stand here, our roads are in very sorry situations. I am sure each Member is receiving a call from the constituency every day to remind him or her how the roads are very bad. More importantly is the allocation of Kshs10.7 billion to national statistics and information. This is a very good appreciation of statistics. A lot of people do not appreciate statistics. Without statistics, you cannot do proper planning. You cannot come up with good policies. Even the Big Four Agenda needs very good statistics for planning and implementation. This is a very good thing which has been done. Statistics is very important for resource allocation. Without them, you cannot really allocate resources effectively. Recruitment of staff in the public sector needs population data. The Kshs10 billion will go towards preparation and implementation of the census. I want to remind the House that the National Bureau of Statistics will carry out a pilot census this year in August. We will have the full census next year so that we can, at least, have a good database for ourselves. My concern is the public debt. It is rising. The cost of servicing the public debt is enormous. Donor funds comprise a lot of money we are borrowing. When you look at the implementation of the donor funds, you will realize it is below 50 per cent. We are paying a lot of penalties. The last time I looked at the figures I saw that the money we are paying for penalties for not utilising the donor funds is over Kshs1 billion. We need to really manage our public debt and deficit."
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