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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gikaria",
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        "legal_name": "David Gikaria",
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    "content": "the other day, when they won the African crown but when they were preparing, they were in a very pathetic situation. They were not doing it adequately. Much as they were not considered in the second Supplementary Budget. In future it is important for us to think on how we can be able to factor then in. Some very important Ministries were mentioned by the Chairman when he was moving. Their absorption rate was only at 55 per cent. That is a little bit worrying that such huge Ministries absorption rate is at the 55 per cent. It is not possible for us to have such Ministries which will have to give back a lot of money to Treasury in a few days. The respective Committees for these Ministries need to get this Report. The law provides where respective Ministries are supposed to give us periodic reports. So the respective Committees need to look at the Chairman’s Report and be able to question their respective Ministries as to why their absorption rate was low. The observation by the Committee was a little bit worrying. They did indicate that despite them getting the figures from the Treasury, the figures did lack in details. The Chairman did say that this is going to curtail the oversight aspect of the Budget and Appropriations Committee. In future, it is important to have the details. The Chairman has made it very clear that they will not be accepting Supplementary Budgets after April. I think that is very important. Secondly, they said that the Supplementary Budget is not program based. He said that if you look at the output from the budget itself, it does not match. So, when we have a Supplementary Budget that is not program based then it is worrying. Finally, as the Chairman had said, Equilisation Fund which has been an issue for the last one year, has not been factored in and this is a fund that was going to assist the poor. It is important that the 14 counties need to explore how they are going to spend this amount. With those few remarks I want to support the Motion."
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