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    "content": "promoting inclusive growth. The 2025 BPS sets expenditure ceilings for the National Government, including Parliament and the Judiciary. It also outlines indicative county transfers for the Financial Year 2025/2026 and the medium term. Once the BPS Report is approved, these ceilings will guide the National Budget, the Division of Revenue Bill, 2025, and county fiscal strategy papers in alignment with national priorities. Going into the specifics of this policy document, the total projected expenditure for Financial Year 2025/2026 is Ksh4,263.1 trillion. That translates to 22.1% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), allocated as follows: 1. Ksh1,730 billion for recurrent expenses. 2. Ksh758 billion for development. 3. Ksh1,369.2 billion for consolidated fund services. 4. Ksh405 billion for county equitable share. It is important to highlight that the sectoral budget ceilings for the Financial Year 2025/2026 allocate: 1. Ksh723.9 billion to Education, translating to 28.3%. 2. Ksh504.6 billion to Energy, translating to 19.7%. 3. Ksh286.7 billion to Public Administration, translating to 11.2%. 4. Ksh265.8 billion to Governance, translating to 10.4%. 5. Ksh257 billion to National Security, translating to 10%. 6. Ksh204.5 billion Health, translating to 8%. 7. Ksh103.7 billion to Water and Natural Resources, translating to 4.1%. 8. Ksh78.8 billion to Social Protection, Culture, and Recreation, translating to 3.1%. 9. Ksh77.6 billion to Agriculture and Urban Development, translating to 3%. 10. Ksh59.1 billion to general economic and commercial affairs, translating to 2.3%. Hon. Temporary Speaker, the Committee has put forward the following key recommendations, which I strongly encourage Members to endorse. We have divided them into financial and non-financial recommendations. I shall begin with non-financial recommendations: 1. That, further to the Resolution of the House during the approval of Financial Year 2024/2025 Estimates, on re-engineering the Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS), the National Treasury to submit, by 30th April 2025, geographical information of development projects by the county and constituency to ensure equitable distribution of development projects. 2. That, during the submission of the Budget Estimates for Financial Year 2025/2026, the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury and Economic Planning to ensure that projects that are nearing completion are prioritised for resource allocation. 3. Given that several policy pronouncements in the BPS have not been funded, before submission of the Budget Estimates for Financial Year 2025/2026 to the National Assembly, the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury and Economic Planning has to ensure that these priorities have been factored within the approved ceilings. 4. That, the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury and Economic Planning submits to the National Assembly a statement on the fiscal impact of adopting zero-based budgeting during the submission of the Budget Estimates for Financial Year 2025/2026. 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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