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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, I thank your good Office and that of the Clerk for facilitating. When we received this second Supplementary Estimates Bill, I sought your guidance as to how we were going to process it owing to the shortage of time that we had. You directed that the Budget and Appropriations Committee in consultation with the various Chairs of the Departmental Committees we work together to expedite the process. I am happy, Hon. Speaker, that we gave enough time to the Chairs of the various Departmental Committees which were affected by the Supplementary Budget II, who appeared before us, some through memoranda and others in person. We were able to process in a very short time the Supplementary Budget II. The major issues that are captured in the Supplementary Budget II are granted under Article 223 of the Constitution and also seek approval for reallocation and additional expenditure relating majorly to fuel stabilisation, enhanced security surveillance, drought mitigation expenditure and to accommodate for adjustment in projects financed by development partners. The Supplementary Estimates II has been prepared at a time when the country is facing various challenges such as drought, rising cost of basic commodities, election related uncertainties and high fuel prices, among others. Hon. Speaker, based on your Communication, we were able to process it within a very short time. Without wasting a lot of time, I want to highlight a few of the salient issues that we found in the Supplementary Estimates II. In processing the Supplementary Estimates II, the Committee held three meetings including a consultative one with the National Treasury. Further, the Committee received submissions from Departmental Committees that were processed. The outcome of these deliberations informed the various recommendations which are contained in this Report. If approved by this House, the recommendations will form the basis for the passage of the second Supplementary Appropriation Bill, 2021/2022. With regard to the non-financial recommendations: arising from the aforementioned consultative engagement, the Committee recommends: In the subsequent notification of expenditure under Article 223 of the Constitution, the National Treasury should provide detailed explanatory notices in actual programmes financed and justification informing each approval. They should include, project name, the background informing the request for the resource and the rationale for their approval. The one we received was not very clear."
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