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    "id": 975594,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/975594/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mwea, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Josphat Kabinga",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13441,
        "legal_name": "Josphat Kabinga Wachira",
        "slug": "josphat-kabinga-wachira-2"
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    "content": "The issue of ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) spending money and presenting that in supplementary estimates is a practice that we need to watch and be careful about. It causes the MDAs not to be serious in the budget-making processes. We also see cases where when the Budget is approved, we are ready for its implementation, but disbursement of funds from the National Treasury is either delayed or completely non-existent thereby causing us to have outstanding bills. That is why this country cannot settle. Right from the BPS to the Budget Estimates, to the disbursement by the National Treasury, there are a lot of challenges and areas that need to be addressed. If we were to be serious with these documents and the budget- making, we will not be having the kind of pending bills that we have today."
}