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    "content": "(i) THAT, before the Budget Estimates for 2020/2021 are submitted to the House, the National Treasury should resubmit the Macroeconomic and Fiscal Framework with adequate information on debt, clearly indicating the amount of concessional, semi concessional and commercial loans; as well as clearly outlining the country’s borrowing strategy. This information should be accompanied by a list of specific projects that will benefit from these funds and realign what they submit to the Medium-Term Debt Strategy. (ii) THAT, by 30th April 2020 when the budget estimates are submitted to the House, the National Treasury develops a criterion for identifying and isolating core priority programmes (Big 4) in the 2020/2021 Budget in order to protect these from ad-hoc expenditure cuts. In addition, an accountability matrix should be provided clearly identifying the total resource requirements as well as a monitoring and evaluation framework. (iii) THAT, user fees (fines and forfeitures) collected by the Judiciary for services rendered be retained and applied at source to enable operationalisation of the Judiciary Fund in line with Article 173 of the Constitution and similar to other government institutions that generate and retain AIA revenues. (iv) THAT, to enforce commitment control, Ministries, Departments and Agencies ought to submit a quarterly projection of details of commitments by sub-programme/project to the National Treasury. The Treasury then ought to align its cash releases to those specific commitments. (v) THAT, pending bills that have been established as legally payable and above Kshs500 million be settled through a long-term instrument including establishment, where necessary, of debt swaps for intergovernmental bills. (vi) THAT, in order to enhance transparency and accountability, beginning 1st July 2020 the net exchequer issues be published in the website of the National Treasury at the end of the month and this be by vote, programme and project. (vii) THAT, adequate funds be provided for full operationalisation of institutions of public finance, in particular, recent institutions created through various pieces of legislation. (viii) THAT, on the expenditure reduction efforts, the policy of cutting the budget by a certain percentage across the board is not a very effective way of expenditure control. Rather, there ought to be critical reforms in expenditure that will isolate wasteful expenditure and ensure only key expenditure needs are funded. (ix) THAT, by 30th April 2020 when the Budget is submitted, it should clearly indicate projects that will be funded through the Sports fund and the funds be directly applied to these projects. (x) THAT, the process of filling a vacant constitutional, statutory, or any critical senior leadership position in the public financial and budgetary sectors including the Audit Office should be expedited before the incumbent leaves office to ensure continuity and performance of critical roles provided in the Constitution and the statutes. 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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