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    "content": "Item 4110200 - Domestic loan to non-financial public enterprises shown at the Appropriations-in-Aid (AIA) of Kshs20,270,000,000 and increase Vote D1071- The National Treasury, Head 1071002200 - Department of Government Investment and Public Enterprises, Item 4110200 - Domestic loan to non- financial public enterprises by Kshs20,270,000,000 under loan revenue. (iii) Deletion of Paragraph 22 (ii) and replace it with the following:- (i) Approval of a total supplementary expenditure of Kshs63.85 billion to meet the expenditure during the 2015/2016 Financial Year in respect of the votes and Consolidated Fund Services as per the amended Annex 1. (ii) A sum not exceeding Kshs34,961,230,963 be granted from the Consolidated Fund to meet expenditure during the year ending 30th June, 2016 in respect of the Second Supplementary Estimates of the 2015/2016 Financial Year (Development) having regard to the proposed reduction of Kshs7,519,683,629 therein appearing. The purpose of the Second Supplementary Estimates was to regularise expenditure that had already been incurred in line with Article 223(2) of the Constitution which states that the national Government may spend money which has not been appropriated provided an approval of Parliament is sought within two months after the first withdrawal of the money. I listened to the concerns of Members. We are writing to the National Treasury that they cannot send a Supplementary Estimates either one or two a few days to the end of a financial year. This House will not accept it. Parliament, under the new Constitution, is independent and has powers to operate within its calendar and not the calendar of the Judiciary or the calendar of the Executive. I am sure the Speaker’s Office, my office, and the Clerk’s Office will notify the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury that this will be the last Supplementary Estimates that he will bring to the House. The concern of Members is well taken care of. Although there is a Kshs4.52 billion meant for the National Irrigation Board (NIB), it is important to note in the amendment that the money must be domiciled in the State Department of Agriculture since the NIB was initially under this spending agency in the ending financial year hence must be accounted for by the State Department of Agriculture. The reorganisation of the Government recently created a new State Department for irrigation where the NIB falls under. In the current financial year, 2015/2016, the NIB is under the Accounting Officer of the State Department for Agriculture but from the 2016/2017 Financial Year, the Accounting Officer for the NIB will be under the State Department for Irrigation under the Ministry of Water and Irrigation. If the recommendation by the Budget and Appropriations Committee is carried as stated in the Report, and with only one day to the end of the financial year, the National Treasury has confirmed to the Budget Office, Office of the Speaker and the Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee that the money will be returned to the Consolidated Fund. For them to get the money and spend it in the remaining 24 hours, it has necessitated the bringing of these amendments to make sure that the NIB get their money through this Second Supplementary Estimates through the State Department of Agriculture which was the parent spending agency, in accounting terms. I have talked to the Chairman about it and it is now clear. What Hon. Amina raised is fundamental. With the reorganisation of the Government, under the Executive Order No.3, Parliament is under obligation to amend the Standing Orders now that we 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."
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