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    "id": 90869,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/90869/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Kuti",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Livestock Development",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 60,
        "legal_name": "Mohammed Abdi Kuti",
        "slug": "mohammed-kuti"
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, during the current Financial Year, 2010/2011 my Ministry has been allocated Kshs3,557,288,600 for Recurrent Expenditure and Kshs2,955,348,632 for Development Expenditure. Out of the recurrent allocation of Kshs3.5 billion, a total of Kshs2, 895,836,848 will be utilized for personnel related expenditures. Our development partners, to whom we are grateful, have pledged to provide loans amounting to Kshs472, 391,543 and grants amounting to Kshs143, 597,947. Overall, the recurrent budget decreased by Kshs1, 134,044,050 compared to the last financial year. This decrease was occasioned by non-provision of drought mitigation in the current Financial Year which I think will greatly affect the farmer, should there be any. We hope that when it happens, in collaboration with Treasury, we will be supported like the last drought. There is also the reduction in some core expenditure items from my Ministry such as fuel, purchase of veterinary supplies and so on. Fuel is very critical for extension service officers to move around and visit farmers where they are. Equally critical are veterinary supplies because that is the core business of the Ministry; to ensure that livestock health and disease is controlled."
}