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    "content": "strike; and the police, who did not go on strike but whose salaries were due for revenue. This has given rise to the need for additional funding. In addition, there is demand for additional resources for the preparation for the general election, transition to the devolved system of government; continuing security interventions in Somalia and fighting terrorism. Internal security operations have also posed a risk to the fiscal framework and stability of the Budget in the face of revenue shortfalls. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this means that we have had major areas of expenditure requirements. Hon. Members will be shocked to know that we received over Kshs165 billion additional requests from Ministries, which was really about 15 per cent of the overall Printed Ministerial Budgets. Out of these requests, we interrogated each and every Ministry. We called them for interviews. We went through those Budgets line by line. As a result of that exercise, we were able to justify Kshs73.7 billion for supplementary funding, in view of the tight resources constraints. I am not saying that the requests were not reasonable or uncalled for but, in view of the tight financial constraints, we had to make decisions. As Minister for Finance, you are forced to make some very drastic decisions when you are faced with requests amounting to Kshs166 billion but you can only afford Kshs73 billion. You have to turn down quite a number of people, and that is exactly what happened. This comprises of Kshs61.4 billion for Recurrent Expenditure and Kshs12.3 billion for Development Expenditure. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to give the highlights of the expenditure. The sum of Kshs32 billion is for salaries for teachers, health workers, lecturers and the police. As I have explained, during the negotiations with the striking workers, a return to work formula was agreed upon and this has resulted in the amount being requested above. The sum of Kshs10 billion is for administrative costs and operationalization of county offices. It is estimated that after the general elections schedules for March 4th, additional expenditure amounting to Kshs6.8 billion for new administrative structures will be required for the period between March and June, 2013. In addition, a one-off expenditure for setting up the necessary county infrastructure is estimated at Kshs3.2 billion. What am I saying? I am assuring the county governors that come 5th March, they will have money for their operations. There will be money for the salaries of the governor and his or her running mate. There will be money for the executive committee. There will be money for the staff of the governor and money for county representatives. There will also be money for the operations for the office; stationery, vehicles and petrol. What will not be there is money for development. It is good that I say this. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that money will not be there because when we started at the beginning of this financial year, the county governments were not in existence. That money was granted to the Ministries. So, because the Ministries have already entered into contracts, it will not be prudent to stop those contracts in between. Within those four months, it will give the governor time to recruit his executive and staff, time to purchase a few vehicles and he will have money for operations and for paying his county representatives. Again, in this Supplementary Budget, we have given Kshs6.7 billion to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) for the biometric voter"
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