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    "id": 1254149,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Njuguna Ndung’u",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary, National Treasury and Economic Planning",
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    "content": "of coordinating and attracting resources from the Green Climate Fund. The Government will also implement the Financing Locally-led Climate Action (FLLoCA) programme in collaboration with county governments and development partners to manage climate risks. Further, to support our climate change efforts and catalyse additional climate finance from other official and private partners, we have agreed with the IMF on a new 20 months Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF) arrangement that will run parallel with the current programme arrangements until April, 2025. Last year, the Government committed to fast-track the enactment of the Disaster Risk Management Bill and finalize the Public Finance Management (Disaster Risk Management Fund) Regulations. These are meant to strengthen disaster risk management in the country given that Kenya is predisposed to various disasters, some of which are exacerbated by the ravaging effects of climate change. These disasters often have a huge negative impact on the economy. I wish to report that the relevant Departmental Committee of this House is in the process of considering a legislation on matters relating to disaster risk management. I urge this House to prioritise this matter to enable Kenya have an overarching framework on disaster risk management. I will later be submitting to this House the Public Finance Management (Disaster Risk Management Fund) Regulations, 2023 for consideration to enable the establishment of the Disaster Risk Management Fund. On policy, legal and institutional reforms, the Government’s Bottom–Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA) will be underpinned by sound and appropriate policy, legal and institutional reforms aimed at improving the business environment; increasing efficiency in public service delivery and strengthening accountability and transparency in public finance management. These reforms are outlined as follows: First, procurement reforms. On a continuous basis, the Government reviews the procurement policies and procedures to ensure that we achieve efficiency and transparency, enhance good governance and promote savings in the procurement process. This is one critical area that the Government can achieve efficiency and unlock savings given the limited financial resources and fiscal space. With this in mind, last year the national Treasury committed to this House to roll out an end-to-end e-Government Procurement system (e-GP) with a pilot phase commencing in July 2022 and a target date for full roll-out to all Ministries, Departments and Agencies in January 2023. I wish to report to this House that the process is still in progress albeit with some delays. The system will be rolled out by December 2023 to both the national and county governments. Once rolled out, all public procurement and asset disposal processes will be managed online through the system. The system will enhance efficiency and transparency in the procurement functions. The system will also ease cost of doing business with the Government and has capabilities of monitoring and tracking of all public procurement and asset disposal. The Government remains committed to facilitate access to Government procurement opportunities and empower Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) owned by Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities."
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