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    "speaker_name": "Tigania West, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga",
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    "content": "that the total amount spent on the maize flour subsidy programme was Ksh7,267,000,000. However, Cereal Millers Association informed the Committee that the total amount for the programme was Ksh6.6 billion while the Grain Mill Owners Association stated that the total amount for the programme was Ksh6.4 billion. So, the three figures are different again. There was discrepancy in the amount presented to the Ministry’s submission and that presented during the Supplementary Estimate No.1 of the Financial Year 2022/2023. The Ministry explained that the figures amounting to Ksh3.267 billion submitted during the Supplementary Estimates had been arrived at before reconciliations were done. The figures were mainly because of repeated invoices, therefore, the new figure is Ksh3.025 billion which is outstanding. As such, there were a number of issues that need to be interrogated on the part of Cereal Millers Association, like the details of the millers that were paid Ksh500 million on account of interest accrued on the maize flour subsidy for the Financial Year 2017/2018 and how the money was paid to them. The second issue is the total amount of money owed to the Cereal Millers Association which was changing. The third issue is the members of the Cereal Millers Association that supplied the maize flour to the subsidy programme. The Committee will conduct further investigations to table a report with recommendations on the way forward in view of those issues. The Committee, therefore, makes the following recommendations: 1. From the above observations the Committee recommends that an amount of about Ksh500 million owed to the members of the Grain Mill Owners Association should be factored in the Budget Estimates for the Financial Year 2023/2024 and paid because their computations were clear, the membership of the associations that participated were static and they did not participate in the maize flour subsidy of 2017/2018 which had issues. 2. A total amount of Ksh841,784,292.89 that was paid to Grain Mill Owners Association under Article 223 of the Constitution be regularised because the Committee established that there was value for money on the Association’s part. 3. The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development should come with a policy on how to engage in future on subsidy programmes within three months of adoption of this Report and submit a copy of the same to the Committee. I would wish to acknowledge the following in view of their participation in this Report. Hon. Temporary Speaker, we are grateful as a Committee to the Speaker of the National Assembly and the Clerk for the logistical and technical support accorded during our sittings. The Committee further wishes to thank Cereal Millers Association the Green Mill Owners Association, the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, Office of the Attorney General and National Treasury and Economic Planning for making this inquiry successful. Finally, I wish to express my appreciation to the Members of the Committee and the Committee Secretariat who made useful contributions towards productions and preparations of this Report. I wish to call upon Hon. David Kiplagat, a Member of the Committee, to Second the adoption of the Report."
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