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    "id": 1532616,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Butere, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Nicholas Mwale",
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    "content": "pending bills as the first charge, then that state department might not run any other business in terms of finances. Therefore, pending bills have been addressed lightly in the Second Supplementary Estimates for the Financial Year 2024/2025. My brother, the Cabinet Secretary, Hon. John Mbadi, was the Chairman of this Public Accounts Committee (PAC). I was his Vice-Chairman. We used to complain about pending bills. I am very sure he is working on them wherever he is. We hope that the next Budget, which is coming in June or July, will address the pending bills. We also have stalled projects. The Government starts a project, finances a quarter of it, and then stalls. The same state department starts another project in a different place. Due to climatic conditions and weather, the condition of stalled projects—either a road or building— becomes worse in a way you cannot even contain. Therefore, the moment the contractor comes back on site, the state officer has to make a variation, which costs the taxpayers more money, and then the expenditure becomes too much. I have also seen that they have tried to address the stalled projects in the Second Supplementary Estimates, but it is not well captured. When we make the Budget next time, I hope that the Members of the Budget and Appropriations Committee will ask for some insights from either Hon. Marianne or Hon. Nabii, who are Members of PAC. We will also guide them on how to revive these stalled projects. A Supplementary Budget is supposed to address expenditures that were not budgeted for, especially emergencies. Therefore, if you want to reduce expenditure or misuse of public resources, we need to get it right in the Supplementary Budget. If we do not do this, we encourage corruption and misuse of public resources. I also join my colleagues who requested that the Ksh50 million previously allocated for electricity connectivity be returned or put in the next Budget to find a way to make the common Kenyan access electricity. Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. With those few remarks, I commend the Liaison Committee and support the Second Supplementary Estimates for the Financial Year 2024/2025."
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