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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ichung’wah",
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    "content": "of projects and the consequent result of not just delayed projects but a higher cost in the implementation of projects. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to skip the issues to do with BPS in terms of Agenda Four, but just note that the Committee is concerned. I did not want to go through the Agenda Four issues because we all know what the big four agenda is. However, it became a matter of concern to the Committee that the implementation framework of the Big Four agenda is not very well articulated in the BPS. There appears to be a disconnect within the BPS and the introduction of the big four agenda. The BPS has not indicated any radical shift in its expenditure plans to reflect a clear plan of action towards achieving the big four plan. There is no indication that Big Four resource requirements have been cost and phased out for implementation and rather the focus appears to be mostly on the targets and output, which have no clear strategy on how the economy will get there, how the extra capacity will be created or expanded as a result. There is no accountability to framework, which actors will implement the projects under the Big Four agenda, how they will go about it and the resources allocated to them. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is good to make it clear that as a Committee, we found that there was a very clear disconnect between the Budget Policy Statement and the allocation of resources. This is a challenge to the National Treasury and all the Ministries, Departments and Agencies; that, as they move towards the Estimates, they should make sure that there is a clear re-allocation of resources geared towards the big four agenda of the Jubilee administration, if we are to achieve it. Even the departmental committees pointed out that during their deliberations with the various spending agencies, it emerged that the big four agenda of the Government had not been provided with adequate resources, and there is no implementation structure. It is good that the Temporary Deputy Speaker did note; they should have been here. That is why we are asking the National Treasury, the spending entities and the committees of this House that, as we move to the Estimates and go through the various stages of the Budget implementation process, they should work with their respective spending entities to ensure that adequate resources go into the big four agenda areas. Ideally, the starting point of the big four agenda should have been the formulation of a result matrix, which should have enabled the creation of a comprehensive plan with specific targets and strategies for achievement of key initiatives. There is need for radical shift in expenditure. During the allocation, priority should be given to the key intervention areas under the big four agenda. The key actors should be identified and given clear targets, timelines and implementation strategies geared towards achieving the big four agenda of the Government. Therefore, the Committee proposes that the Government should provide a blue print that clearly spells out the agenda, strategies and policies under the big four agenda with a results matrix for resource allocation. The Government should facilitate re-organisation and re- prioritisation of expenditure to achieve the big four agenda, and also enable Parliament to conduct monitoring and evaluation as the Budget is implemented. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, just to repeat what I had said earlier on, it will be incumbent upon the Chairs of the various committees and the Members of this House who sit in the various departmental committees to ensure that as we go to the Estimates, this is done. The Government should be able to bring to this House a master plan on how to implement the big four agenda. The Departmental Committees and spending entities should work together to re- The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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