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    "id": 909865,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Maara, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kareke Mbiuki",
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        "legal_name": "Japhet M. Kareke Mbiuki",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support this Motion. From the outset, I thank the Budget and Appropriations Committee for this Report. I also appreciate that we are towards the tail end of the financial year. When we come to the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, the water sector is basically funded by donors, especially dams. In the implementation of the projects, the absorption of the approved funds was quite low, hence the National Treasury has recommended the rationalisation of this Budget. We have the unfortunate issue of the Itare Dam where the contractor pulled out. In the Supplementary Estimates II, more than Kshs4 billion had been reduced from this project. The take-off of other dams, which had been factored for funding, especially Thwake Dam, has been extremely low leading to very low absorption of funds. However, there are some projects like the Kenya Towns Water and Sanitation, which are funded by the African Development Bank. In the main budget, they were funded and the budget was approved by this House. However, during the Supplementary Estimates II, for some of these programmes, and the money has already been expended, the funding has been reduced. This has affected the Tana Water Works Authority, Athi as well as the Rift Valley Water Works Authority. We shall be moving an amendment to this Report so that some of these projects where the funds have already been expended… We have seen very many pending certificates, which have been issued so that the same can be provided because all the funds by the donors are available. We have the issue of the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) where they have collected more Appropriation-in-Aid. They are in short of more funding. Therefore, we shall also be requesting to amend this Report so that the same can be factored in to ensure that issues of aerial patrol and the wildlife crime investigation are properly funded. However, holistically, I really support this Motion and call upon the Members to support it. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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