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"content": "Thereafter, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, there were issues of procurement that have been raised here, and we needed to ensure that we abide by our own procurement procedures, rules and regulations that were passed by this very same House. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am confident that the Stimulus Economic Package will work. It can work and it can bring the intended results. That will not happen by accusations upon accusations, but rather by all of us working and cooperating together because these funds are, indeed, available. To date, the Treasury has released to line Ministries in excess of Kshs9 billion that is intended for the Economic Stimulus Programme. I believe, as the Minister for Public Health and Sanitation has said, what we require is for hon. Members, line Ministries and local leaders on the ground to work together and ensure that these projects are brought to fruition because the funds are there. Of that I am confident and it just a question of us working together to ensure that we bring these projects online. Going forward, I think I have made it clear, in previous contributions in this House that, indeed, it is our intention at the Treasury, realizing that the delays were not occasioned by lack of capacity, but rather by the need to develop an agreed upon framework that these money would, indeed, be re-voted even in the new financial year. Re-voted in the next financial year, so that we can ensure that these particular programmes are, indeed, concluded within the spirit of what the original intention was. It is also our intention to continue, if funds are available, with this programme. Here again, I want to reiterate that it is our responsibility, at the end of the day, to front load these programmes. However, if we will consistently engage ourselves with changing implementation frameworks, we will see the same delays we have experienced. However, if we can work together, I am confident that whatever programmes we develop for the new financial year, should be implemented with a lot greater speed than the ones in the past. We are, at the end of the day, trying something that we have not been tried before. I think that should be appreciated by hon. Members. We are, at the end of the day, trying to ensure that we are working within the spirit of ensuring that we devolve as much as possible, decision"
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