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"content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, under the Ministry of Local Government we are seeking some money for the establishment of hawkers' markets. Hawkers are hard working people. However, they have had problems in terms of where to sell their wares. This has resulted in constant fights although they have reduced drastically in the recent past with the local authorities as they tried to instil order which we all require. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, to provide a win-win situation, we allocated funding to secure a series of markets for the hawkers. The main ones are at Muthurwa and Westlands. I believe there are another eight or so, that are being planned, so that our hawkers can now be traders within defined, organised and very formal market structures. From these places, they can command even better prices and order as we try to convert Nairobi into a business hub and commercial centre for the rest of this region. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in this financial year, we will be seeking Kshs500 million as part of the estimated start-up cost for those markets. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Ministry of Health and its parastatals; including the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) and the Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC), will be seeking extra funding for purposes of paying salary adjustments that were negotiated and agreed April 24, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 847 upon. We believe that the bulk of that will have to be paid in the next financial year. However, in the next two months, we will be seeking for a top-up of Kshs300 million. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the rest of the adjustments and reallocations have arisen because of either the slow uptake in terms of development financing or Ministries which had negotiated for higher budgets. We are using some very prudent management practices and so have mopped up all that money. We are calling for its surrender, so that we can target it to areas it will make maximum impact. I wish to commend the Ministries that have exercised a lot of prudence and realised some savings on the recurrent budget. The savings will be directed towards areas that would spur development and make sense for our economic development. The Motions before this House are to seek the approval for the next Supplementary Appropriations of a net of Kshs7,158,974,050 in terms of Recurrent Expenditure and a net increase of Kshs12,324,751,469 for Development Expenditure. We are also seeking the authority of this House for proposed re-allocations and applications of additional Appropriations-in-Aid (A-in-A). Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to record our thanks to the hon. Members for their support as we implement the economic reforms aimed at locking-in the recent economic achievements and move us onto a higher platform for development and prosperity of our nation. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I believe that it is through us working together, legal reforms we have been passing, the budgets, Sessional Papers and ideas from hon. Members that we are able to achieve the trends in development we are seeing with an economic growth of 5.8 per cent in 2005. The economic growth rate was confirmed to six per cent in 2006. Projections are that we will be making an economic growth of not less than six per cent in 2007. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, all indications are that this country has now fully recovered. By the year 2012 we may well be on the ten per cent economic growth rate. This is something we want to maintain within the framework of Vision 2030 which is almost complete and ready for sharing with hon. Members in the not too distant future. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, all this cannot just happen from the Government side, we must also receive support from the whole House. I really want to thank hon. Members and ask that you continue supporting us by highlighting the areas that require our attention; where we are not focusing on, so that together we can build this country into a stronger nation that it needs to be. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, II request for your continued support in approving this Motion so that we can go back and prepare the Supplementary Appropriations Bill and complete the year on a good footing. With those few remarks, I beg to move and ask the Minister for Roads and Public Works, Mr. Nyachae, to second."
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