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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Otucho",
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        "legal_name": "Mary Emaase Otuch",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, I would like to support the report as tabled by our Chairman. Before I contribute to the substantive Motion, I must register my disappointment with the manner in which the “Noes” had it with respect to the amendment which has just been defeated. When we look at the Budget, and that takes me to the question which I was going to ask, what gender specific allocations, or affirmative action programmes have we included in our Budget? I want to say that the Supplementary Budget, basically looks at the re-allocations and re-alignments within sectors and ceilings that were set. There are a few more observations which I have to make. An example is the issue of absorption, which was mentioned by hon. Mbadi; you will notice that most of the reductions were informed by low absorptions by some of the Ministries. For instance, we had an issue with the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology where Kshs200 million had been allocated for the procurement of sanitary towels and by the time the Supplementary Budget was being prepared, no procurement had been done for sanitary towels. That money was almost re-allocated, but our Committee said that, that money cannot be re-allocated, and it has to remain with the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. We want sanitary towels procured and distributed to schools I also want to make another observation on the issue of the programme- based budget. We are aware that this nation has moved away from itemized budget to programme-based Budget. Again, what is lacking is the output. We want to see clearly intended outputs so that we are able to follow up as the Budget and Appropriations Committee, and all the oversight bodies are able to follow up, so that come the next Budget, we will be able to justify allocations to the Ministries. So, the issue of outcome has to be looked into. Going forward, we want to see clear output into every programme, so that we can fairly judge the value of the money that we are allocating to the Ministries. Having said that, I support. I want to say that we need to consider, interrogate budgets and ensure that there are allocations towards gender programmes and gender sensitive activities. We should have given the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare some benefit of the doubt, given the short period of time that they had to interrogate the Budget."
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