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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Musyimi",
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        "legal_name": "Mutava Musyimi",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I take this opportunity on behalf of the Members of the Committee on Lands and Natural Resources to present to this honourable House my Committee’s findings on the scrutiny of the Annual Estimates for the Financial Year 2010/2011 for Vote 55, pursuant to provisions of Standing Order No.152(1)(2) of this House. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as you are aware, this Committee oversees four Government Ministries, namely, the Ministry of Water and Irrigation, Vote 20, Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources, Vote 21, Ministry of Lands that we have dealt with substantially, Vote 36 and the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife, Vote 55. Pursuant to Standing Order No.152, the Committee commenced on the scrutiny of the Printed Estimates on this Ministry way back in 25th June, 2010. We held one sitting and the minutes of this meeting are appended to the Committee’s Report. While scrutinizing the Estimates, the Committee considered the following documents: Vision 2030, Medium Term Plans, Printed Estimates for the Financial Year 2010/2011, Budget Speech, Budget Outlook Paper for this Financial Year, Budget Strategy Paper for this financial year and Budget Policy Statement. We were honoured to have in our meeting, during the Budget hearings, the Minister himself, the Permanent Secretary and senior staff from this Ministry. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will go straightaway to the point. One of the things we have noticed is that there is, clearly, inadequate funding and that seems to be the case for all the Ministries. I hope that we have learnt our lesson as a country that a Government that is too big is just too costly for our people. I hope that we will never have to repeat again the huge mistakes of 2008 that led us to have a Government that had more Ministries than we can afford. This has become a chorus that the Chairman of the Committee has been repeating each and every time, that there is inadequate funding for just about all the Ministries. This particular Ministry is not an exception. That, therefore, means that there is low investment in Forestry and Wildlife which is tragic. It is as tragic as it is the case with the Ministry of Lands because so much depends on this Ministry in terms of tourism and other consequential benefits of forestry and wildlife."
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