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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. G.W. Omondi",
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        "legal_name": "George Washinton Mallan Omondi",
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    "content": "The Budget and Appropriations Committee is charged with the responsibility of reviewing and making recommendations to the House on any money Bill in accordance with the Standing Order No.231. After the approval of the second Supplementary Estimates for 2013/2013, by the House on Thursday, 20th June, 2013, a Supplementary Appropriation Bill is to be introduced to appropriate the money spent. The Committee has met and reviewed the Supplementary Appropriation Bill. The Supplementary Appropriation Bill, 2013 has taken into consideration the recommendations of the House on the second Supplementary Estimates. Critical input by the House was that the allocation to the Cabinet Office for the purchase of an office for the immediate retired President be reviewed and deferred for consideration in 2013/2014 Estimates of Expenditure, and that the Constituencies Development Fund amount should not be reduced. The Supplementary Appropriation Bill, 2013 proposes to allow the Treasury to issue Kshs17,321,114,679 from the Consolidated Fund. The overall change in the Budget for the entire period 2012/2013 is a reduction of Kshs14,905,399,382. This Supplementary Budget was occasioned by the low absorption capacity of development funds, particularly funds from our development partners, underperformance of revenues due to poor performance of the economy and increased expenditure on items such as the elections and allocation to the Ministry of Agriculture for subsidy of seeds and fertilizers. With regard to the absorption capacity, the Treasury needs to urgently review the issues surrounding low absorption and address it, so as to ensure the low absorption of funds does not become a regular feature. With respect to the performance of the economy, Parliament should also strive to ensure prudent utilization of the country’s resources, so as to catapult the country to double digit economic growth as proposed under the Vision 2030. With these few remarks, I beg to move. My Chairman will second."
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