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    "id": 1046350,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kanduyi, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Wafula Wamunyinyi",
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        "legal_name": "Athanas Misiko Wafula Wamunyinyi",
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    "content": "amount of Kshs800 million has been disbursed to the secretariat for its administrative and operational purposes. The previous Financial Year 2019/2020 disbursement status was as follows. Hon. Deputy Speaker, that is where the problem is coming from. In the previous year, only Kshs21 billion was disbursed and so, it ate into this year's funds. I will tell you how we are going to address that issue. At that time, 133 constituencies received between 50 to 99 per cent which amounted to about Kshs15 billion. Now, Kshs4,170,703 had been disbursed to the constituencies with respect to the 2018/2019 Financial Year. There are also 2003/2004 arrears which had not been paid. Hon. Deputy Speaker, regarding these arrears which have been accruing over the years, the Cabinet Secretary (CS), during an audience with the Committee, informed Members that due to the low performance of the revenue for the Financial Year 2019/2020, and due to the effects of COVID-19, the National Treasury was unable to release Kshs13.7 billion in respect of Financial Year 2019/2020. This figure adds to the arrears of Kshs4.98 billion which had accumulated from the previous years as I mentioned earlier, bringing the total figures of arrears to Kshs18,691,550,000. The Committee resolved that these arrears be factored in the coming Supplementary Budget. This was in concurrence with the Cabinet Secretary. He agreed and that is where the problem is going to be addressed. This is to say that in the coming supplementary budgets, there have to be funds factored to deal with those arrears. Otherwise, we are not going to resolve the problem. In addition, a sub-committee was formed to pursue the matter with the National Treasury to make sure that this is realised. Pending arrears from previous financial years, as I have explained, will need to be addressed through that supplementary budget which should be brought before the House sometime in the near future. I have been in touch with the Chair of the Budget and Appropriations Committee (BAC) and the Cabinet Secretary. It has generally been agreed that this should be done so that we resolve the matter. I have a list of constituencies that benefited, that is, those that had arrears. If you wish to know, it is a long list and I cannot read the whole of it. I could take about an hour to go through it. I think with your permission, Hon. Deputy Speaker, I will only table it. Members have been asking: \"Where is our money?\" We received funds as I have explained. However, the funds went to cover the arrears. Now, we have to address that question of arrears so that we resolve the issue once and for all. We have about 50 per cent which is yet to be released for this financial year. The Cabinet Secretary assured us last week that he had released Kshs2 billion which is still in the account. This week he is expected to release Kshs2 billion. Next month he is going to release Kshs2 billion per week until we clear this financial year's allocation. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I am hoping that the Cabinet Secretary does not lie. It is unparliamentarily to say that he is lying."
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