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    "id": 1000676,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "addressing and taking care of our vulnerable groups during this difficult moment. I am sure the Kshs53.7 billion will not be stolen. Accounting officers must listen to the House. The people who need it are at the most critical moment of their lives. We are sending the Kshs14.3 billion to enhance the liquidity of businesses, cover the VAT refunds owed to local business men and the payment of pending bills. The Budget and Appropriations Committee and this House must speak to pending bills. Whether it is to the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) or to corporates, VAT refunds and pending bills must be paid so that there is money in our small businesses. There is Kshs10 billion allocated under the Emergency Comprehensive Stimulus Package that is supposed to empower the youth and create employment under the Kazi Mtaani Programme in Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru and Eldoret among others. There is Kshs6.5 billion allocated towards improving educational infrastructure in our classrooms. Some of my colleagues will agree with me that some of the schools in western Kenya, Nyanza and parts of eastern and north eastern have been hosting victims of the floods. Priority must be given to them and those in the slums. There is Kshs5.4 billion allocated towards the rehabilitation of access roads and foot bridges. This Kshs53.7 billion of the President’s administration in addressing and developing a comprehensive stimulus package to take care of the vulnerable groups and the economy as a whole must be supported by this House. I thank the Budget and Appropriations Committee because they made sure that outside the money allocated to the Big Four Agenda items, namely, universal healthcare and manufacturing, they created some money for this stimulus. The pilot programme which has been tested in Kisumu, Nyeri, Machakos and Isiolo has further been allocated Kshs50.2 billion which must help the remaining 43 counties. We must call upon the Executive and the Government to do their job. I am sure Cabinet Secretary Kagwe is up to the task. He must deal with the governance issues at the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF). The inadequate number of health workers must be addressed. The quality concerns in terms of stocks of drugs and other medical supplies at the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA) must also be addressed. When all those challenges are addressed, I am sure we shall succeed as a Jubilee Government in delivering our agenda to Kenyans. Each and every Kenyan will benefit. The manufacturing sector has been allocated Kshs18.1 billion towards enabling it. It will be spearheaded by the private sector while the Government only facilitates. The private sector is the lead agency in making sure that we achieve the 15 per cent growth in the manufacturing sector that we anticipated before COVID-19. On food, Kenya is a net importer of food despite the abundance of resources we have in our country. To reverse that trend, the Budget has committed to ensure that we are food secure by the end of the medium-term. It is against this backdrop that the Government has allocated Kshs52.1 billion towards enablers of food security. I commend the National Treasury, the Judiciary and the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) for providing a detailed 2020/2021 Programme-Based Budget for the first time. It is noted that some of the agencies have not fully complied with the tenets of a programme- based budget as highlighted by some of the departmental committees. If a country is to fully enjoy the benefits of a programme-based budget and increased efficiency of expenditure as well as its effectiveness; ministries, departments and all the other agencies must always review their outputs and targets in their programme-based budgets. I also hope that the departmental committees of this House will not just sit down. They must follow each and every penny that this House allocates so that the accountability that President Uhuru Kenyatta has spearheaded is actualised. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"
}