Elias Peter Mbau

All parliamentary appearances

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• 14 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I talk about the mandate of the Committee which is established under Standing Orders No.143 and190, and the Committee is mandated to:- view
• 14 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: (i) Examine the Budget Policy Statement once presented to the House and to report back to the House what, if any, economies should be made consistent with the proper carrying out into effect of the policies implied in or by such statements and estimate; view
• 14 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: (ii) Evaluate tax estimates, economic and budgetary policies and programmes with direct implications to Budget outlays. view
• 14 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Budget Committee is further given legal backing under the Fiscal Management Act, 2009. During the review and examination of the Budget Policy Statement, the Budget Committee held seven meetings and one workshop; the Budget Workshop was held on 13th and 14th April, 2010. The Committee received submissions from all other Departmental Committees which it considered and included in this Report. The Committee also held consultative meetings with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance as well as officers from the Ministry of Planning, National Development and Vision 2030. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want ... view
• 14 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we also need to note that to meet the Government national objectives and goals, the budgeting system must be seen to provide a strong link between Government policies and the allocation of resources. Indeed, a major objective of the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework, which is the current approach to the budgeting process that the Government is using, is to provide a linkage between policies, planning and budgeting. In the Budget Policy Statement (BPS), which was laid on the Table, there is no doubt that there was no clear linkage between the BPS and the provisions of the Budget ... view
• 14 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are left, as a Committee, without a doubt with the impression that a critical budget system is where the allocation of resources is given by the policy decisions that are guided by the policy documents. The national priorities as they stand today in Kenya are outlined in the Government Blueprint, namely the Vision 2030. The various Ministries of the Government have been required to draw strategic plans which have reflected their various visions and objectives. view
• 14 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: However, Mr. Speaker, Sir, reviewing the Budget Policy Statement, there is no indication that these strategic plans of the various Ministries form the basis of allocation of available resources to be able to make hon. Members to conclude that we are on the road to achieving the objectives and goals of Vision 2030. view
• 14 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Committee observed that the Ministry of Planning, National Development and Vision 2030 seemed to have played a minimal role, if any, in the finalization of the BPS. As a result, the programme annex to the BPS has no linkage to the strategic plans of the Ministries and does not have relevant outputs or indicators that can be monitored and eventually evaluated. The Committee, therefore, recommends that there should be more improvements in future of the Ministry of Planning, National Development and Vision 2030 in the Budget-making process. view
• 14 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we also noted, as a Committee, that the BPS failed invariably to link the strategies aimed at reduction of poverty and achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). We know that the cardinal goal of MDGs is food security. We also know that this country has had a cycle of drought, which means adequate plans must be made in advance to ensure that at times of scarcity, we have adequate food reserves. The Committee, therefore, observes that the BPS did not include the discussion on food security and, therefore, strongly recommends that as the Budget is finalized, ... view
• 14 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we also observed that in terms of performance of the economy and projections into the future, that the BPS is not clear as to what will be the key drivers of the economy in terms of future growth. Certainly, the BPS, as currently formulated, does not have details that would indicate how each of the sectors in this country contributed to the growth in 2009. We only saw a mention of the fact that there was drought, rains and some global crisis without indicating how each of them contributed to the growth so that, as a country, ... view