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"content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we also observe that the Ministry, having requested for Kshs12 billion, was allocated approximately Kshs3 billion. This disparity is not helping the work of the Ministry. We wish, therefore, to recommend that this Ministry be allowed to retain a good chunk, if not all, of the revenue it collects annually to enable it implement programmes that are necessary for our country. The Minister himself has said that the revenue that this Ministry collects is the second highest of all the revenues collected by Government Ministries. We further recommend that the Ministry be empowered, not just by way of retaining what they collect, but rather, we need to sensitise the Exchequer to realise that the Ministry of Lands is an important Ministry and, therefore, should be allocated more funds than is currently the case. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, my Committee is agreeable to the proposal by the Minister for Lands, and wish to recommend that a sum not exceeding Kshs1,675,420,300 be allocated to the Ministry of Lands, Vote 36, for Recurrent Expenditure; that Kshs2,276,037,400 for Development Expenditure proposed in the Heads under Vote 36; that the Ministry be allowed to raise A-In-A amounting to Kshs608,508,160 to finance its operations. My Committee wishes to sincerely thank the Office of Mr. Speaker and that of the Clerk of the National Assembly, and his staff, for supporting us in the work of scrutinising this Budget. I take this opportunity to also thank the hon. Members of my Committee for their patience and sacrifice, and for their very hard work during the long sitting hours under tight schedules, which enabled us to complete our tasks within the given time. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, finally, it is my pleasant duty, on behalf of the Departmental Committee on Land and Natural Resources, to present and recommend this Report to the House, pursuant to the provisions of the Standing Orders of the National Assembly. With those remarks, I beg to support."
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