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    "id": 1005786,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1005786/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Eldama Ravine, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Moses Lessonet",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Lessonet",
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    "content": "(iii) approves an overall increase in the total budget for Financial Year 2019/2020 by Kshs11,300,000,000 in respect of the Votes as specified; and, (iv) rejects the reallocations in the said Third Supplementary Estimates, including those intended to affect the ring-fenced funds under the Ministry of Health and necessary adjustments be made before publication of the resultant Supplementary Appropriation Bill, 2020. I am contributing to that Motion. I was giving the reasons why this Third Supplementary Estimates were necessary at this time - seven days to the end of the financial year. A sum of Kshs3.4 billion is being allocated to health workers. It is necessary that those resources be availed now. We needed a further Kshs1.8 billion to be allocated towards the Nairobi Commuter Rail Service. This could not wait for the next financial year. A sum of Kshs1.5 billion has been allocated to the security surveillance system which is long overdue. It was pending an audit. The providers of that surveillance system were on the verge of shutting it down. It was necessary at this time that Kshs1.5 billion is availed. In this Third Supplementary Estimates, there is an allocation of Kshs5.8 billion for Recurrent Expenditure to support county governments in the mitigation of COVID-19. For the avoidance of doubt, this money was promised by the President, His Excellency Uhuru Kenyatta, sometime back. It is now being actualised through this Third Supplementary Estimates. The actualisation of this Kshs5.8 billion is through the Ministry of Health. There was no time to amend the Division of Revenue Bill or Act so that we could process the Kshs5.8 billion through the counties. However, it was properly processed and the Ministry of Health shall be accountable for this Kshs5.8 billion. That could also not wait for the next financial year. There is Kshs324 million for Recurrent Expenditure which is being reallocated within the Judiciary from operations and maintenance to salaries. This was the shortfall towards salaries at the Judiciary. This could also not wait despite the seven days left before the next financial year. The employees of the Judiciary, including judges and other employees, need to be paid by 30thJune. That is basically the import of the Third Supplementary Estimates. We did not have time to interrogate the Estimates considering the Report was tabled on Tuesday. The Departmental Committees did not even have enough time to scrutinise it and make presentations to the Budget and Appropriations Committee."
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