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State seeks approval to spend over Sh950b

The Government is seeking consent from the National Assembly for withdrawal of more than Sh950.8 billion to meet public expenditure for the next financial year with allocations to security agencies claiming the lion's share.

According to the Appropriation Bill 2014, whose debate kicked off yesterday in Parliament, the Government wants to be granted leave to spend Sh628 billion in recurrent expenditure and Sh322 billion for development purposes.

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