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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nassir",
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        "legal_name": "Abdulswamad Sheriff Nassir",
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    "content": "when we are told that it is “special circumstances”. Kenyans need to know the truth of what is happening and have it explained. Kshs198 billion is what has been requested. Of that Kshs198 billion, Kshs130 billion has been appropriated for the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR). We have to wonder what the urgency of SGR being put into a supplementary budget was when we only have three more days before the closing of this financial year. We have to wonder what the dangers are. I am going to give the facts and figures that have been given out by the Budget and Appropriations Committee. I was looking for the exact quote that the President made. He had even told his Cabinet that he would not allow any more supplementary budgets to be passed. This was said by the President. Unfortunately, I am not in the Cabinet, so I am not privy to that information. However, he said in one of his speeches that the Executive and the Cabinet Secretaries (CS) are not allowed to come up with these extraordinary supplementary budgets. I just want to give some small examples. A Member, who unfortunately is not here, had talked about this and said that these things have passed through committees. One example is the roads. The budget for road construction for the year 2014/2015 was Kshs91,926,718,573. The Supplementary Estimates state Kshs103,642,026,573. These are not figures that have been alluded by me but when we come up with the key indicators that were put in place in the main budget, what this means is that a kilometre of road costs Kshs609 million. These are the figures there. I know that my brothers and sisters from the opposite side look shocked but that is the reason why you need to read this. That is the reason why we need to go through these figures. It was said that Goldenberg was passed through supplementary budgets. We wonder what is being passed within these three days. The question is how this House will be judged. Budgets, when they are created, have key performance indicators, targets and outputs that are put in place. The Judiciary had a Budget Estimate of Kshs17 billion. Supplementary Estimates reduced their figures to Kshs13 billion making them lose out on Kshs3.6 billion. Out of this, the targets that they are expected to meet have increased from the establishment of 4 mobile High Courts to 17 mobile High Courts and from 3 new High Courts constructed with appropriate facilities to 4 more. The rest remain standard. We wonder how the Judiciary is expected to perform with the decrease of Kshs3.6 billion. Hon. Members, I plead with you to once again read these documents. This is how Kenyans are losing money. This is how money disappears and is not seen or explained. I am only giving three examples out of respect for time and my fellow Members. With regard to health, what was budgeted was Kshs4.18 billion. The Supplementary Budget shows Kshs7.14 billion which is an increase of Kshs2.9 billion. This is just with regard to health policy planning and financing. Mind you, health is a devolved function. Looking at the key indicators from the same ministry namely rural health centres and dispensaries, there has been an increase from 20 per cent of what was the target in the year 2014/2015, to 45 per cent in the Supplementary Budget. If we were going as per the current rate of inflation, because this country has not seen an inflation rate of more than two figures and we have not even gone above nine per cent in our inflation rate from July 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."
}