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"content": "we must also improve on our cash forecasting systems and coordinate better between debts and cash management teams. This will also help us manage the short term liquidity pressures. There is also a serious concern that was raised about wasteful spending, particularly on commitment fees. In the first nine months of financial year 2024/25, the government paid over Ksh770 million in commitment fees. We must also stop this by ensuring that our development partners fully disburse funds. That means we must honour our counterpart funding obligations. What happens is that we usually sign contracts and accessing funding but we do not have the counterpart funding component ready. Therefore, in the long run, we are unable to meet our obligations of funding those projects and the donors refuse to release their component of the funds, thus leading to huge payments of commitment fees. We also need to increase our investment in development. Development spending plays a big role in supporting public debt repayment in the long run and promoting debt sustainability for the country."
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"content": "However, the investment share of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has dropped sharply from 19.5 per cent in financial year 2015/2016 to 4.1 per cent in financial year 2025/2026. We also need to change this percentage by putting more capital projects, diversifying the economy and creating jobs for the youth. Finally, the issue of STA is very important for this country. We are losing a lot of money. The government MDAs have cash lying idle in their bank accounts. At the end of the day we end up borrowing more money. That means we also need to put a lot of pressure on the National Treasury to make sure that we embrace STA to solve all our liquidity problems. It will save most of our investment and development projects. Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker."
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"content": "Those who are interested in speaking; please, press the intervention button. Hon. Timothy Toroitich, I see you have pressed the intervention button. Are you ready? Hon. Members, with your permission, we are going to rearrange the Order Paper. We are just done with Order No.10, on which we shall put the question later. We have now moved to Order No.15, which we have now renamed as Order No.11. So, I would like that order called out and then we shall move to Order No.12. What was Order No.12 will remain as Order No.12 and Order No.16 now becomes Order No.13. Thereafter what is Order No.11 will become Order No.14. So, you can call the Next Order, which is Committee of the whole House. Okay, Hon. Shurie, you may reply and then we can move to the next Order."
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I thank Members for supporting the Report. We truly appreciate their support and views on where we need to improve. We sincerely thank them. With those few words, I beg to reply."
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"content": "Thank you. Hon. Members, the Question on this debate will be put at an appropriate time."
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"content": "[The Deputy Speaker (Hon. Gladys Boss) left the Chair]"
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