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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. The Budget and Appropriation Committee has officially submitted this comprehensive Report on the estimate of revenue and expenditure for the Financial Year 2025/2026. This pivotal Report, which is a product of the broad-based Government, was tabled on 4th June 2025, pursuant to Article 221 of the Constitution as read with Section 39 of the Public Finance Act, as read with Standing Order 239. The Motion seeks parliamentary approval for the issuance of over Kshs2.5 trillion from the Consolidated Fund that is intended to finance the operations, development programmes and statutory obligations of the national Government for the fiscal year ending 30th June 2026. The budget estimates are coming at a time when there has been considerable debate on resource allocation, and it is critical that I mention this. Allow me to thank the Chairman of the Committee, Hon. Samuel Atandi, for steering the Committee."
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"content": "(Hon. Peter Kaluma and Hon. Jared Okello consulted loudly)"
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"content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, there is a lot of consultation. I want your protection. There seems to be a lot of consultation here by my colleagues from the lake region."
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"content": "Hon. Members led by Peter Kaluma and Jared Okello, can you break up the Kamukunji kindly?"
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"content": " You can expect the excitement. I am sure they are excited about the services of the broad-based Government. You can see these days they are the people who troop to State House and get a lot of development pronouncements. You can see the excitement on the face of my good friend, Hon. Kaluma. I was saying, and I want the Chairman of this Committee to hear this, for the first time in the history of the Republic of Kenya, the Budget and Appropriations Committee has been chaired by a person from the Lake Region, who is a product of the broad-based Government. That gives us an opportunity. The Lake plus Northern Kenya have been neglected over the years. You understand the history, pursuant to one document called Sessional Paper No.10 of 1965. As a member of the Committee, every session, I attempted to remind the Chairman that please, out of this The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for informationpurposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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"content": "opportunity, Northern Kenya and the Lake Region must get a share of the national cake. I confirm that out of the deliberations, this Budget will be different from the other budgets. Clear provisions on water, infrastructure and health have been made for those regions. Sometimes, we say civility is not a sign of cowardice. What the Committee has done is to look at the whole budget-making framework and craft it in a way that will allow every region to get a piece of the national cake. Therefore, the 2025/2026 budget is crafted within a framework of fiscal consolidation that is intended to strike a delicate balance between stimulating economic growth and curbing the rise in public debt. The Report also seeks to enhance domestic resource mobilisation, streamline expenditures and adopt prudent borrowing strategies. It also underscores the Government's commitment to reducing the fiscal deficit and safeguarding the long-term debt sustainability. Therefore, this proposal is anchored on transformative pillars. You have seen provisions for agriculture, food security, micro, small, and medium enterprises, affordable housing, universal healthcare, digital superhighway and creative economy. These are things that were lacking. This approval process is the cornerstone for our democratic governance, ensuring transparency, accountability and citizen trust in the public finance management. Through the legislative scrutiny - and this is what we have done as a Committee - Parliament plays a pivotal role in ensuring that funds are directed towards priority needs. For some of us who come from a region that has been historically marginalised, when we see allocations for particular sections, we feel good. Allow me to dwell on this road from Isiolo to Modogashe that has World Bank funding. The road from Modogashe to Samatar was an annuity programme which has been gladly sorted out by the Government. From Samatar to Wajir, they did not have funding, and there was anticipation that the Arab Development Fund would do something. Right now, under this Budget, there is a clear budgetary provision for the tarmacking of that particular section. Kudos to the Head of the Ministry of Roads and Transport, Mr Chirchir, and the Committee for that particular clear provision. Equally, there is a particular area that has been missing, and we will be pushing the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum. I will be asking the Budget and Appropriation Committee, led by Hon. Atandi, to make a clear, outright determination that Northern Kenya must be connected to the national grid. Northern Kenya comprises 70 per cent of the landmass of the Republic of Kenya and yet, the national grid ends in Garissa. This is a high time, but because there will be no time when there will be enough resources, I will be asking the Chairman, through the subsequent budgetary allocations, to make that clear determination. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I know you are a seasoned lawyer. The Equalisation Fund, as intended, is not being applied. I want to request the leadership of the broad-based Government, the Northern Frontier Counties and the counties that ought to benefit from that fund, to urgently come together and resolve some of the legislative challenges, so that we get a proper avenue and mechanism for utilising that Fund. As it is right now, the time is coming to an end and yet, there is nothing to account for on how the funds were collected and utilised. Very soon, the Kenyan public will ask us whether the provision of this Article has enabled us to catch up with other Kenyans, whom we have called the ‘haves’ over the years. The other bit is Vision 2030. Vision 2030 was a road-map to get this country to another level. Unfortunately, that is not being followed. Can we come back to Vision 2030, so that a clear road-map is also applied?"
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"content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, the other issue is examination fees. We say education is an equaliser. There is a lot of propaganda out there, that the Government has removed examination fees, which is not true. Education is everything. There is clear budgetary provision for examination fees."
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"content": "On health, there is the issue of the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) staff at the counties. It has also been resolved. I am sure the county government leadership will, very The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for informationpurposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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"content": "soon, have an opportunity to confirm those career medical officers who are employed on meagre allowances, and give them an opportunity to serve their respective counties."
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"content": "Everything revolves around politics. Once there is predictability, peace or tranquility, and civility in our politics, then there is an opportunity for the economy to grow and foreign direct investors to come. Therefore, I urge those who are still outside the Broad-Based Government to use this early opportunity to see sense and join the President and Hon. Raila Amolo Odinga in uniting Kenya. This is what will take us to the next level. We do not have any other country."
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