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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I will be very quick in answering because I can see that there is a lot of interest. I thank Hon. Mbui, who asked the question of how a Cabinet Secretary is unable to identify roads that are funded by specific counties or constituencies, and those that are funded through the allocation by Parliament through public participation. This is where the problem lies. When Parliament allocates those funds, they do so to a particular road and not a constituency or county. The itemised budgets by Parliament allocates funds to specific roads. The only time the KeRRA will discover where that road is when they issue the Authority to Incur Expenditure (AIE) to the Regional Manager, or when they advertise the road. The advertisement indicates that the road is in Kakamega, Kisumu, Mombasa or any other county. Once the budget process is complete, one cannot tell exactly where the road is because it is just named as Road X or Road Y. Once funds are released by the National Treasury and the road is advertised, you realise where the road is located. In regard to the 10 per cent allocation by the Ministry and the National Treasury, when I assumed office, I found out that my predecessor had used the same amount of money to fund multi-year projects. We will still support those projects in this financial year and the next one to ensure that they are completed. Those projects include Mfangano Island and others. They reduce the amount of money which remains under the Cabinet Secretary allocation. The emergency funds for this year have not yet been spent. When it was predicted that the El Nino rains would fall, we sat down as a Government and agreed that if we spent that money, we would have none left to restore roads that will be affected by the El Nino rains . You are right, Hon. Mbui. We will do an assessment after the El Nino rains, which have been predicted to end by January or February. Agencies like the KeNHA and the KURA, which control their procurement processes, will determine which roads will be restored. As Members The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"
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