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    "id": 283938,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mungatana",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Danson Buya Mungatana",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the other issue that I would like to quickly talk about is the Contingency Fund. The Constitution requires that, at least, Kshs10 billion needs to be put aside in the Contingency Fund for obvious reason. When there is drought in this country, there is hunger. There are so many problems. When there are floods, like now when we have too much rain, bridges and roads are washed away and people displaced. As a matter of fact, the Minister for Roads has been quoted publicly that just to keep the roads back into the condition they were in before the rains began, his Ministry alone requires Kshs10 billion. So, it is unfortunate that this Contingency Fund has not been adequately funded within the Budget and yet, we know that when the drought or rains come, we will have problems. We are asking the Minister to think how to plan that Budget so that we do not go again into disorganizing it and going into development funds that ought to have been allocated to Ministries. It will be a good way of budgeting if these things are done in that manner. The most disappointing thing though, that I have so say as I conclude, is that although the Budget Committee has brought its Budget Policy Statements, we have done the ceilings for the Judiciary, the Legislature and the Executive, the Treasury has not kept its time limits and as a result, the Budget process in this year, has been negatively affected as it was affected last year. The Budget Policy Statement under which we were supposed to make certain recommendations including the limits on the three arms of the Government has found itself into the House rather late in time. Even the Printed Estimates that are supposed to have been informed by what Parliament is recommending have already come out. This disorganizes the whole thing. We would like to see the Treasury, in the next Budget cycle, operate timeously so that Parliament, through the Budget Committee, can take its rightful position and that the Budget process follows the Constitution and the law as we have provided it in this country. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, with those few remarks, I beg to support this Motion."
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