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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would like to thank the following Development Partners for working jointly with the Government and for supporting the Ministry in undertaking various projects and programmes: European Union, which is supporting directly the Core Poverty Programmes, Kshs713,428,463; Finish Government and UNDP, Kshs254,500,000; IFAD, Kshs914,920,746 and DFID and World Bank which is supporting Start-gap and Monitoring and Evaluation, Kshs728, 500, 000; the African Development Bank, Kshs337,854,459. Before I conclude, I wish to highlight some of the challenges that we will be facing in the short-term and in the medium-term. One, under the basic planning services there has been increased demand for technical support by development actors due to the substantial growth in the amount of devolved funds flowing into constituencies. As a consequence, my Ministry faces major challenges in the effort to provide services in the lower level. The challenges include the number of districts which are currently stand at 254 with each district requiring at least two economists. We need to recruit at least 300 more economists to serve as DDEOs and Assistant DDEOs. There has been increased workload, especially in areas of monitoring and evaluation. To facilitate monitoring and evaluation, each district requires a vehicle which the Ministry does not have currently. In this regard, we need to purchase at least 300 more vehicles. Office space and new equipment for the new districts is also a challenge. We need to put in place constituency resource management framework to ensure efficiency and effective use of devolved funds. Two, for the Vision Delivery Secretariat to deliver on its mandate, the budget requirements were estimated as Kshs750 million. We were only given Kshs129 million. Third, the African Review Mechanism Process (ARMP) is a mutual self- assessment exercise which Kenya voluntarily acceded to in March 2003. This entails presentation of annual progress reports to the Committee of Heads of States and Governments participating in the ARMP and ARMP Continental Secretariat. However, this process has in the past relied on donor funding. This is not sustainable and puts the principle of the ownership of the process. Donors have been insisting that this is an issue that Governments must participate in. In this year’s Budget, we requested Kshs45 million and unfortunately, we got none."
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