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"content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on comparison of the allocation for the 2008/2009 and 2009/2010 Financial Years, the Committee noted that there is an overall increment allocation for the Vote this Financial Year as compared to the Supplementary Estimates of 2008/2009, and the increment went up from 0.23 per cent to 0.28 per cent. Regarding the previous yearâs allocation, the comparison with the current year is as follows: 2009/2010 was Kshs1.8 billion and 2008/2009 was Kshs1.3 billion. On allocation to new projects and programmes, the Committee noted that the Mau Forest Task Force was allocated Kshs30 million and the Kenya We Want Conference which covered the KICC bill was allocated Kshs16 million. The absorption capacity for the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) based on 2008/2009 budget is 97 per cent for the Recurrent Expenditure and 94.3 per cent for the Development Expenditure. There were projects left out in the allocations: The following projects were noted by the Committee:- 1. Cascading the Kenya We Want to district and provincial level, Kshs100 million. 2. The infrastructure sector, Kshs180 million. 3. OPM delivery unit, Kshs290 million 4. Mau Task Force, Kshs146,297,000 The total amount not funded that was requested by OPM was Kshs717, 657,110. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Committee noted a few areas of concern, bearing in mind that this is a relatively new Ministry. One area of concern was the allocation of Kshs33,400,000 in this financial year to rehabilitate the OPM official residence. The Committee noted that instead of allocating this kind of money for refurbishment, the Government should consider putting up official residences not only for"
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