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"content": "Do you want to address the matter for the Budget and Appropriations Committee?"
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"speaker_name": "Molo, UDA",
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"content": " Hon. Temporary Speaker, as per our Standing Orders, the National Treasury and Economic Planning is under the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning. Finance and National Planning is a Departmental Committee. Therefore, the Committee would be well seized of this matter."
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"content": " I thought this concerned oversight of budget implementation. In this context, finance largely enables us to get taxes, Hon. Kimani Kuria. I want any ranking Member in the Budget and Appropriations Committee on this matter. The House Leadership, would you tell us something about this? Or maybe before you do, Hon. Gikaria, what is out of Order?"
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"content": " Hon. Temporary Speaker, in line with what he is saying, I had the same supplementary question, or rather concern, on matters NG-CDF. The lack of disbursement of the NG-CDF is even worse than that of the National Treasury and Economic Planning. This is because we are headed for a two-week recess, which will be followed shortly by another one-month recess, and the disbursement now is hardly at 30 per cent. It is important for the Chairperson, who has been given the mandate on the NG- CDF, to provide us with some way forward. To be honest, as I am saying, we increased the percentage of bursaries up to 40 per cent. We have not received that 40 per cent which means that most of these bright, and needy children are still at home. Secondly, we were told to give money to junior secondary schools to prepare our students for laboratory practicals and other things, but nothing happened. There are no classes and no equipment. So, maybe with your directive, you could request the Chairperson of the NG-CDF Committee to give us a way forward and when we expect some funding for us to oversee. I thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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"content": " The matter you have raised is tied to the question by Hon. Jhanda on the delay of disbursement of funds. Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu."
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"speaker_name": "Kitui Central, WDM",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. As you have rightly said, this matter concerns the implementation of the budget, which falls under the purview of the Budget and Appropriation Committee. It would be better if the Leader of the Majority Party followed up on this. I cannot talk on behalf of the Government on this, but the Leader of the Majority Party should give a clear position on this matter. As a House, we are tired of promises that do not seem to hold any water. Hon. Gikaria mentioned that the National Treasury promised to disburse Ksh10 billion for the NG-CDF monthly. However, we are going to recess today, and March is almost over. I do not know if the National Treasury plans to extend March until mid-April. We were expecting to receive the money now to plan on how to implement the projects that the Board has already approved once we go back to our constituencies. Thank you."
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"content": " Hon. Jared Okello. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"
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"content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Allow me to take a tangent from Hon. Gikaria. On Tuesday this week, I raised an issue about a communication emanating from the NG-CDF Board to our respective Fund managers regarding removing the building of toilets from the proposals submitted last year. The substantive Speaker provided directives on the same. I do not know whether this filibustering or jelly meandering is supposed to create inordinate delays in the disbursement of funds. However, the Speaker directed that the Leader of the Majority Party was to present an answer before us yesterday. This was not done. This House does not legislate in vain, and therefore, the pronouncements of a Speaker cannot be ignored. We reckon this is our last day before we break for our short recess. That communication adversely affects the nature of disbursements as it suggests that constituencies will not be funded until they tinker with all the proposals. We are only two months into another financial cycle. If we allow this kind of monkey business to permeate this House, we risk falling short of the expectations of our electorates. The schools are closing for the April holidays, and immediately after they report back, teachers will demand money because they cannot operate schools without cash. We are two months into the end of this Financial Year, and yet constituencies have received less than 20 per cent of the allocated funds. The National Treasury had promised to disburse Ksh10 billion every month, but they have walked back on all these promises several times. What is the future of our children? A country that does not pay credence to the welfare of the children is a dead country. The Government is paying more attention to housing than our children's future. I do not need a house, but I am being forced to pay for a house. Therefore, the pronouncement from the Speaker on Tuesday vitiating the communication from the NG-CDF Board must be addressed now. If we do not, we welcome you back after recess when all the damage has been done. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I seek your indulgence and direction on this matter right now."
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"content": " Hon. Jared Okello, I am informed that the matter you are raising was responded to substantively by the Vice-Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on NG-CDF yesterday. You can follow up on the Report. Leader of the Majority Party, this is not for debate, but I lack direction in terms of how to treat this Statement. The Chairperson of the Budget and Appropriation Committee is not in the House, yet this Statement is directed to his Committee. What commitment can you give on behalf of the House?"
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