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    "id": 801925,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mohamed Mohamud",
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        "legal_name": "Mohamed Mohamud Sirat",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for allowing me and acknowledging that I have been fasting all day long. Ramadhan is a very important holy month for all Muslims who observe it and I pass my sincere greetings to all of them. At this particular time while I have the Floor, I support the Budget because it is quite comprehensive and supports the national development of this country. I want to thank the Budget and Appropriations Committee for tirelessly committing their time and considering the entirety of the needs of this country. While we deal with the Budget almost all the times, I see Kenya’s Budget Estimates are developing further and further as we grow and becoming a very important economic hub in the East and Central African region. It is also important for us to realise that we are a nation that is developing economically and is ready to attract further development from the rest of the world. The meager Budget is still not sufficient enough to cover all areas. I am a bit hesitant to support particular areas that have not been given sufficient amounts of funds like Health. This is simply because if you look at other parts of the world for example, Canada 50 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product goes to health. However, in Kenya, the allocation for health is about 15 per cent, which is quite small with a big population of about 40 million. I am quite disheartened that the Equalisation Fund has not been factored in this Budget. As we know, the Equalisation Fund is there to support counties that have been left behind year in, year out, for the last 55 years since Independence. The Equalisation Fund is supposed to help those counties. I do not see it considered here quite substantially. If anything, we are well aware that there has been money in the Equalisation Fund that has been overlooked in the past years as well. There is already Kshs11.3 billion that has already been left behind over the years that has not been paid to these counties. Therefore, we do not see it there again showing or factored in this Budget. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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