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    "content": "whatever comes out of this Floor must be something that has been agreed upon between the Budget and Appropriations Committee and the relevant Departmental Committees. Another issue that I have realised in this Report is the cash transfers. I know there is about 10 per cent or so increase, but it is indeed important that the amount for cash transfers is increased. The amount of money that goes to the elders, orphans and disabled children is a drop in the ocean. It is important that more money should have been allocated to this cash transfers programme. We will want to discuss further, if amendments can be done. In Kiminini Constituency, for instance, the number of the elderly receiving this money, which is not even coming on time, has swollen. Whatever has been allocated is a drop in the ocean. So, it will be critical to look at and increase the amount of the cash transfers that goes to the elderly and disabled. One of the critical principles of the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act is efficiency, effectiveness and value for money. I sit in the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations and I am also a ranking member of the Budget and Appropriations Committee. The circular we had from the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) was very clear that as the Cabinet Secretaries (CSs) come to present to the relevant committees, they should come with a report on the implementation status. The implementation status would give us the indicators. We would also be able to see how much money was given the previous financial year, some of the outputs that have been realised and the absorption rate. The absorption rate in some Ministries was very low. They still have money and yet they are demanding for more. In future, the implementation status report should give a full disclosure. For instance, when you look at some items, because we are now doing a programme-based budgeting, you find that objectives are not specific. Measurability becomes a problem because the indicators are not there. For example, in one of the---"
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