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    "id": 561216,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Musyimi",
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        "legal_name": "Mutava Musyimi",
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    "content": "instance, the Efficiency Monitoring Unit and the Inspectorate of State Corporations have been moved from the State Department for Planning to the Presidency. This is disruptive to the budget process as it means that another ministry has to implement and account for money and output previously not allocated to it. It cannot be good for our work. A huge proportion of the changes in the Recurrent Estimates is for use of goods and services and transfers to sagas. Given that the Budget was not accompanied with additional details, it is difficult to tell exactly where the change has been effected. From the changes in the Development Estimates, the Committee was concerned with the reduction in the allocation to the Equalisation Fund by Kshs3 billion. The National Treasury indicated that the funds were reallocated to a number of development projects in marginalised areas. We need to fast-track regulations in this House to take care of this problem. Article 204 of the Constitution provides that the funds allocated to the Equalisation Fund in any particular year, if not spent at the end of the year, should remain within that Fund. Furthermore, withdrawal from the Fund shall only be done if approved by the Controller of Budget and the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) and their recommendations are taken into account. The Committee highlighted that this procedure was not followed and, therefore, we would be recommending that this reduction be declined. My Committee also noted that Kshs2 billion had been set aside by the National Treasury for the Mumias rights issue. However, noting that the financial year was coming to an end and that the rights issue may not be held, it was deemed fit to have the allocation deferred and included in the 2015/2016 Budget. During its deliberations for the Second Supplementary Estimates, the National Treasury presented to my Committee a number of proposed amendments to particular Votes. The National Treasury indicated that the amendments were only reallocations of some Votes and had zero impact on overall Estimates. These amendments were to be considered in the First Supplementary Estimates, but due to the limited time for approval of the first Supplementary Appropriation Act, the Committee had directed the National Treasury to include them in the Second Supplementary Estimates. The National Treasury also proposed to the Committee for an additional increment in the funding for the SGR by Kshs4 billion to be funded from the local A-in-A. This increase in local A-in-A was in respect of the Railway Development Levy. So, this will not have an increment in the funds sourced from the Exchequer. You can tell from the narrative I have given that having considered the above, my Committee recommends that this House rejects the reduction of Kshs3 billion for the Equalisation Fund under the National Treasury. The other details are contained in the Report as to what is to be reallocated and reduced. As I conclude, I wish to recommend that this House resolves to: (1) Approve the Report of the Budget and Appropriations Committee on the Second Supplementary Estimates for the 2014/2015 Financial Year; (2) That pursuant to Article 223(5) of the Constitution, this House approves 15 per cent expenditure over and above the sum appropriated for the 2014/2015 Financial Year and; 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."
}