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    "id": 282092,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mbau",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 182,
        "legal_name": "Elias Peter Mbau",
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    "content": "We are further set to debate the estimates that have been tabled through engagement with the public sometimes from Friday 11th going to Monday the 14th. We had made various recommendations some of which included the need for the Executive to ensure that the country is prepared for devolution as we go into 2013. We had recommended that the structures in the counties be set up by ensuring that estimates are provided for the same. As I talk now, we note that there are no such provisions and the various organs. For instance, the Transitional Authority remains in abeyance. We are concerned that, that should be in place as we go forward. We also note that we have various ongoing projects from various sectors which require additional resources. For instance, the ongoing ESP markets that were never completed with the initial allocations of Kshs10 million per constituency. We have recommended and continue to emphasize that a further Kshs4.8 billion must be set aside to ensure that those market centres are completed, so as to redeem the initial Kshs10 million per constituency that was put in. of course, we note that the three arms of the Government also put in their requests in their reports. With regard to the first arm of the Government, namely, the Legislature, based on the cost of a Member of Parliament as we move forward, the Committee recommended and continues to emphasize that in the Budget for 2012/2013, there should be a provision of Kshs14 billion for Recurrent Expenditure and a further Kshs4.15 billion for Development Expenditure. The ceiling for the Judiciary, which has been further put into scrutiny based on the Circular No.2 of 2012/2013, the Judiciary had been allocated by the Treasury Kshs9.775 billion, but the total request from that arm of the Government was Kshs18 billion. To ensure complete transformation and overhaul of this arm of Government, the Committee has recommended a ceiling of Kshs12.6 billion for Recurrent Expenditure and Kshs3.8 billion for Development Expenditure. The total ceiling for the Judiciary amounts to Kshs16.4 billion. This is not just for the sake of ensuring these departments receive funding. It is in the spirit of the reasons for which a new Constitution was discussed, passed and embraced by this country. This is to ensure that total transformation and change is felt by all Kenyans. We want to register the appreciation of the Members of Parliament because we take cognizance of what has been happening in the recent past in this particular arm of Government. We want to applaud what is happening there because it restores confidence and faith in Kenyan citizens in pursuit of justice. We have more recommendations that we want to continue to put forward and I wish time was on our wing. On the part of the Executive, the Committee has recommended that the Ministerial ceiling for the Executive be limited to Kshs936.75 billion. To be within this ceiling, it is necessary for the Government to initiate expenditure cuts in non-priority areas and only leave resources to be channeled to productive sectors with a view to ensuring that this economy through its various development activities is more generative than consumptive. In addition, within this ceiling, the following specific sectors have already, through the relevant departmental Committees, prioritized certain aspects to be taken into account. The various sectors range from agriculture, energy, livestock, irrigation, health and education, all of which have specific recommendations. I shall be calling upon my colleagues from the Budget Committee and the entire House to move specific proposals. May I call my Vice-Chairman to second this Motion?"
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