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    "content": "1. THAT, all subjects relating to “Irrigation” in the Budget Policy Statement for the financial year 2020/2021 shall henceforth be considered by the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources 2. THAT, the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources is similarly henceforth mandated to also consider all matters relating to the subject of “ irrigation ” in terms of the following provisions of the Standing Orders- (a) Standing Order 45 relating to committal of public appointments to Committees; (b) Standing Order 114(7) relating to prepublication scrutiny of proposed legislation; (c) Standing Order 227 relating to Committal of Bills to Committees and public participation; (d) Standing Order 216(5) relating to the general functions of a Departmental Committee in respect of investigations, inquiries and consideration of legislation; (e) Standing Order 227 relating to petitions committed to a Departmental Committee; (f) Standing Order 232(5) relating to Committal of the Budget Policy Statement to Departmental Committees); and (g) Standing Order 235(4) in respect of Presentation of Budget Estimates and Committal to Committees. 3. THAT, this guidance shall subsist so long as no substantive Department is assigned the “Irrigation” function with a separate Accounting Officer and separate votehead. In the event such an assignment is undertaken, it stands without question that the Department and its Accounting Officer would fall under the oversight mandate of the Agriculture and Livestock Committee. Hon. Members, I have given this guidance noting the unique circumstances currently obtaining in the Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Irrigation which has only one Principal Secretary charged with functions straddling the oversight mandate of two Committees of the House. The guidance is also premised on the notion that majority of the functions of the Ministry, and indeed, its planned programmes and budget, fall under the oversight mandate of the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources. Thank you, Hon. Members. Next Order!"
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