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    "content": "Kshs7.4 billion net increase on account of increased donor commitments, as well as enhanced allocation for electric Turkana power. This is meant to enhance power generation activities in the country. There is also Ksh2.5 billion for the Kenya Climate Smart Agriculture Project. Finally, there is Kshs2 billion to cater for low cost housing. There is a project which is about to start in this country which will ensure that there will be a lot of available houses that all Kenyans will afford. You will recall that during the approval of the Second Supplementary Budget for the 2016 Financial Year, this House raised concern over inadequate inclusion of all donor commitments in the Budget. It appears that the framework of donor commitment is not comprehensive enough. As a result, there is always yearly revision of development estimates related to external resources. This is one of the key contributions to low absorption of external resources in the recent years. The import of this is that failure to disclose the various donor commitments early means that the Government will delay in providing the necessary funding, because donor funded projects are accompanied by counter funding in most cases. The Government funds a certain percentage and the donor funds the rest. The delay in showing disclosure of this means that the allocations will come later. Therefore, the absorption will not be very desirable at the end of the day."
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