{"id":1354429,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1354429/?format=json","text_counter":255,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kesses, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Julius Rutto","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you very much, Hon. Chairlady. I commend the Chairperson of the Budget and Appropriations Committee for the good work done. I also want to speak on the clean-up exercise after the budget-making process. Something needs to be done by the National Treasury, which mainly guides on the budget-making process. Since most of the systems that we use are automated, we should ensure that we have well-trained officers to manage the clean-up of the budget. This clean-up exercise might facilitate other hidden agendas where people end up misusing the Budget and then wait for the Supplementary Budget to clean-up their mistakes. We must ensure that there are proper guidelines and strict measures put in place for officers doing the clean-up. The budget-making process is long and by the time the main Budget was concluded, there were distinct programmes with existing codes only for a clean- up exercise to be later undertaken. Something sinister could also come with that. We have to be very stern on this."}