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    "content": "Kshs2,115.9 billion which was 18.3 per cent of the GDP. This means that, should the country miss revenue target, there will be need to adjust the expenditure downwards and that will undermine the credibility of the Budget. That is the main reason behind pending bills and stalling of projects. Hon. Members, you will notice from the report attached to the main Report of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, all our departmental committees expressed concern with a number of stalled projects across the country in almost all sectors from infrastructure to health. A case in point is on health; the Mathare and Korogocho hospitals that were started almost 10 or 11 years ago are incomplete. The Mtihani House, under the Ministry of Education, was started over 30 years ago and it is still incomplete. All that we are saying is that these issues and issues of pending bills are as a result of us, as a country, not meeting our revenue projections. Therefore, as Committee, we express this concern to our National Treasury and Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA). I am happy to note that today I have seen in the media, a Gazette notice appointing a new Director General at KRA. It is a welcome move. We have expressed concerns that KRA has not done justice to this country by failing to meet our revenue projections. When we do not meet our revenue projections year in, year out, it leads to accumulation of pending bills. A lot of projects that are budgeted for are procured because the law provides that, so long as a project is budgeted for, Ministries, Departments and Agencies can go ahead to procure and contract people. That is what leads to accumulation of pending bills thus ending up with many stalled projects. The Big Four Agenda accounts for approximately 14.6 per cent of the total Budget. The bulk of these resources, about Kshs374.1 billion is for implementation of the enablers while Kshs76.1 billion is for the drivers. However, the Committee is concerned that the resources made available for the implementation of the Big Four Agenda may not be adequate as per the projections in the MTP III. It provides an indicative FY 2019/2020 budget for agriculture and livestock estimated at about Kshs55.97 billion; Manufacturing estimated at Kshs125.42 billion; Health estimated at Kshs82.8 billion; and Population, Urbanisation and Housing estimated at about Kshs103.15 billion. That is against the Kshs76.1billion that has been provided for in this Budget for the drivers. Much progress has been made in allocating resources for the implementation of the Big Four Agenda. However, the Committee is concerned that during the FY 2018/2019 Budget Report, a request was made for a results matrix as well as a monitoring and evaluation framework to be published and a framework of collaboration between the national and county governments to be established. Mr. Speaker, that is yet to be done. We must realise that a number of the Big Four Agenda items like agriculture and health care are devolved functions…"
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