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    "speaker_name": "Kajiado South, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Katoo ole Metito",
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        "legal_name": "Janet Marania Teyiaa",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I stand to support the Motion. As said by the previous speakers this Supplementary Budget III is historical. It is the first time we are doing it in one financial year. Allow me to just speak about the Ministry of Defence. It is because the Committee I have the privilege and honour to chair, the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations, oversees four agencies. This is the only agency that got something in the Supplementary Budget, Kshs1.9 billion. Although the Leader of the Minority Party has clearly put it that the issue of the sensitivity of security matters normally makes it a little bit difficult for Committees, especially the Budget and Appropriations Committee, to dig into this figures, I must say that we, as a Committee, have a ministry that is clearly very cooperating. We share a lot on these budget issues. This Ministry was allocated Kshs121,610,000,000 in the printed Estimates of the Financial Year coming to an end today. But by the time the Supplementary Budget III is coming, the Ministry has lost Kshs6.89 billion. The overall loss from Supplementary Budget I, Supplementary Budget II and the Supplementary Budget III even with the addition of Kshs1.9 billion in the Supplementary Budget III is Kshs6.89 billion. Therefore, this clearly says that there is a loss. I know there was a reduction on revenue collection across board but this is a big loss on security matters, especially external. Going to the issue of Covid-19, the Ministry of Defence is not exceptional. They have put measures to check Covid-19, mostly the containment measures as stated by the Ministry of Health. This ministry has put a centre at Kabete where this Covid-19 measures are set up. Some of this money goes there. It is not only medical. The centre also provides food and other facilities required in the management of Covid-19. As a Committee, we met the Ministry last week on Wednesday. They explained in detail, before the Committee, the need for the approval of this Kshs1.9 billion. We approved. Security is in most cases quite unforeseen. You budget about security matters today and because of the changing external environment we live in and the global aspect, every insecurity that happens across the region, especially among our neighbours always affects us. Therefore, it is very difficult to budget very precisely on security. More often, they will always come up as unforeseen security matters. Finally, I just wanted to say that we, were as a Committee, satisfied with the explanation the Ministry gave us. We requested the Budget and Appropriations Committee to agree with us and approve the Kshs1.9 billion allocation in this Supplementary Budget III. 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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