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Improve public participation in mechanical budget making process

Political parties and politicians are letting Kenyans down. We should rescue our nation from what is essentially a perfunctory process of budget making which is very rich in form but completely bereft in content.

Agreed: the National Assembly has ample time to discuss the budget and, as representatives of the people, come out with a model of public expenditure that will progressively support the basic needs of the people and inspire development.

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