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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Musyimi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mutava Musyimi",
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    "content": "On behalf of hon. Members of the Budget and Appropriations Committee and as required under Article 221(5) of our Constitution as well as Standing Order 243, which gives direction on how the estimates of revenue and expenditure will be dispensed with by this House, I hereby present to this august House the Committee’s Report on the First Supplementary Budget for 2013/2014. Hon. Speaker, allow me by way of acknowledgment, to first of all thank you and your office, the Office of the Clerk of the National Assembly, my honourable colleagues and Members of this Committee. They have worked with indefatigable commitment and resilience; members of the Parliamentary Budget Office, heads of department from the Government, who have appeared before us in different ways, and independent commissions. Allow me to thank you, hon. Speaker, for the support you gave us. Hon. Speaker, as hon. Members will remember, the Printed Estimates were presented and approved on programme basis with respective outputs and targets for each programme presented. The Committee on that occasion noted with concern that outputs of various programmes were neither concrete nor measureable. The Committee, in reviewing the Supplementary Budget, noted that the Supplementary Budget is presented at itemized level and programmes without outputs. It is, therefore, difficult for Parliament to understand which outputs are being affected by the changes that have been proposed in the Supplementary Estimates. This is just one of the concerns that we are raising with regard to the need to adhere to prevailing legislation. According to Section 44(3) of the Public Finance Management Act, 2012, as well as Standing Order Nos. 240 and 243(3), the Supplementary Estimates must be accompanied by explanations of how the additional expenditure being requested relate to the fiscal responsibility principles and financial objectives. This was not presented and it was, therefore, very difficult to understand why there were increases on reductions in most of the votes. My committee, therefore, recommends that any future supplementary budget should include such details. Hon. Speaker, there were also significant deviations from the 2013/2014 Budget and I wish to mention but a few. In spite of the public debate - I am now referring to the wage bill – and concerns raised by this House, on the increasing public wage bill and its 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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