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    "id": 58946,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kenyatta",
    "speaker_title": "The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance",
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        "legal_name": "Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I was just consulting with my colleagues. I want to take this opportunity to thank Members of Parliament for the very useful comments that they have made with regard to the Supplementary Estimates. I want to thank them for both the support they have given for the initiatives that we have undertaken in the Supplementary Estimates and also for the concerns that they have raised on issues that they thought should have been given more attention. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in this regard, I want to particularly refer to the issue of the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) where we have been consulting quite widely with Members of Parliament and indeed, with the CDF committees. There has been the issue of outstanding arrears over a period of years amounting to Kshs1.8 billion. I wish to give this House my personal assurance and also my undertaking that this issue will be redressed once and for all in the upcoming 2011/2012 Financial Year, so that we can put this issue firmly behind us. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the other issue relating to CDF, I also undertake that we shall continue discussion with the CDF committee to ensure that all matters pertaining to this issue are finally put to rest so that this noble programme can continue to benefit Kenyans in every part of this country. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, a number of other issues, have also been raised with regard to poor implementation. This is an issue, especially with regard to donor funded projects. This is an issue that is of great concern to the Treasury. Discussions have been also ongoing with donors because it is a fact of reporting problems on the part of line Ministries but there are also problems on the part of donor agencies that are lending us this money. However, we have agreed on a framework with our donor partners and all line Ministries to see how this can be streamlined and improve the issue of absorption going forward. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there was an issue with regard to equity participation in international organizations and in particular, with reference to the African Development Bank (ADB). It is important that we, as a country, continue to subscribe to those organizations because ultimately, we have seen over the last few years, with regard to ADB, where disbursements to our development programmes and agenda have continued to increase year in,year out. Therefore, the participation of the Kenyan Government in equity participation in these organizations is indeed quite important."
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