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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I speak, first and foremost, on behalf of the people of Central Imenti and as an elected Member of the Kenya National Assembly, just like my good friend speaks as the hon. Member for Ugenya and, occasionally, in his Ministerial position as the Minister for Lands. The point I am making is that the time for taking this House for granted has passed. The principle captured by the Constitution enables this House to scrutinise the reasons the Minister will provide for wanting 50 per cent of the Budget. He has failed to do so! For that reason, and for reasons stated very ably by Mr. Okemo, I am proposing an amendment to the Motion as the Minister for Finance has brought to this House. So, instead of giving him 50 per cent of the money, we give him money sufficient until 30th October, 2008. We reduce the figure he wants by half. That will be about 25 per of the money that he seeks, rather than 50 per cent. That will enable him run the operations of the Government up to the end of October. You will notice that during his presentation, he indicated that he expected the Appropriations Act to be passed by the end of October. If that is so, why then does he need the money to cover a six-month period? Mr. Speaker, Sir, because he has not made out a case, I am submitting an amendment to the Motion on the Floor of the House, firstly, by deleting the figure Kshs246,434,247,840, that is the full amount that he seeks, by half. So that the figure that we will grant the Minister will be Kshs123,217,123,920. Secondly, by deleting the word \"one half\" appearing on the second line and inserting the word \"one quarter\". This will enable him to run the operations of the Government up to the end of October. Thirdly, by deleting the words \"in the manner\" and substituting therefor, the words \"of half of each of the respective amount\". If you look at the Motion, there is a schedule attached to it that sets out how the figure of Kshs246 billion is arrived at. I am proposing that those figures that are set out in that schedule be reduced by half. The fourth amendment is inserting the words \"and the schedule laid to be amended to reflect the above\" so that, when those amendments are inserted, the Motion will read as follows:- 1418 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES June 25, 2008 THAT, in accordance with Section 101 of the Constitution of Kenya, the withdrawal of Kshs123,217,123,920 representing one quarter of the total net estimates of the Recurrent and Development Expenditures made up of half of each of the prospective amounts set out in the Vote on Accounts Account Schedules laid in the House, be authorised for the purpose of meeting expenditure necessary to carry on the services of the Government of Kenya during the year ending 30th June, 2009, until such a time as the Appropriation Act for the year comes into operation and the Schedule laid be amended to reflect the above. If we do that, the Treasury personnel will go to work and ensure that the Appropriations Bill and Act are brought to this House, debated and passed before end of October, so that we can give the Minister the entire amount that he seeks to provide for the Budget Estimates. For that reason, I, therefore, propose that amendment and my good friend, Mr. Ethuro, will second it."
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