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"content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me a chance to contribute to these Reports. I thank the Committee which compiled these Reports. I would urge hon. Members to go through them. First, I want to make comment on one thing. We have been talking about under- expenditure and under-collection. Over-expenditure and under-expenditure is a situation where the people in the Ministries do not spend the money that they have. These people work for the Kenya Government; the only job they do is to wait for money to be given so that it can be used on various projects. Therefore, when somebody comes and says that we were not able to do a particular project--- They sit in the office and wait for money to come on the last day. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, another point is the donor-funded projects. We have been told that donors give us money; when they give us money they give us conditions, which are lengthy. The point is very clear here. The technocrats in the Ministry, wherever they are, know the procedure. They know that if they are going to get money from donor organizations, it will take four months. Why then should you put this money in the Budget when you know very well that during the financial year, this money will not be available for use? Therefore, I would urge the Budget and Appropriations Committee and the Finance, Planning and Trade Committee to be more thorough on these issues. This is The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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