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    "id": 561040,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/561040/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Musyimi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mutava Musyimi",
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    "content": "Section 7(h) of Public Finance Management Act, 2012 and Standing Order No. 207(3)(d). The Appropriation Bill, 2015 proposes issuance of Kshs1,106,100,099,414 from the Consolidated Fund Services (CFS) and raise Kshs399,392,081,926 through regular Appropriations-in-Aid. This is the first Appropriation Bill that has been done according to the programme-based budgeting framework. That is kudos to the Executive, especially the National Treasury. We have waited for this day for a long time. We now have clear programmes contained here, expected outputs, as is provided in approved Budget Estimates and I will be saying one or two things about our oversight role in this manner. The Appropriation Bill, 2015 contains funds allocated for national priorities including Internal Security, Kshs82 billion; Kenya Defence Forces, Kshs90 billion; Road infrastructure, Kshs134 billion; Standard Gauge Railway, Kshs146 billion; Geothermal Investments and Electricity Transmission; Kshs90 billion, Teachers Service Commission, Kshs174 billion; and to say nothing about tourism which, of course, has also received more funds than has been the case in the past. The aforementioned priority areas, we believe, will go a very long way in taking the country to a higher growth trajectory. The National Treasury has proposed a number of amendments to the Appropriation Bill, 2015. The votes that were affected were under the purview of the following Departmental Committees. Hon. Members will recall that I tabled that letter here on Thursday and we agreed that the committees would give their reports to us by yesterday. I have an important announcement to make and I hope the Chairpersons can listen to this. On the amendments proposed to increase the total Budget for 2015/2016 Financial Year by Kshs4.1 billion, my Committee reviewed those amendments with the assistance of fellow Chairpersons and fellow committees and noted that, despite the pertinent issues being addressed by these amendments, the respective departmental committees did not, in all fairness, have adequate time to critically review them. We need to remind ourselves that not long ago, we had to look for Kshs3.3 billion to deal with the matter of money that goes to the counties. We persuaded ourselves that it will be wrong to burst the spending ceilings; it will be better to re- allocate within the vote. The idea of creating further deficit by Kshs4.1 billion at this eleventh hour is not very easy for us to accept."
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