Uhuru Kenyatta

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Entries 1011 to 1020 of 1613.

• 30 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, hon. Members may recall that the Government allocated Kshs22 billion in the financial year 2009/2010 to cater for the Economic Stimulus Package (ESP) programmes in the constituencies. Due to delays initially experienced in the implementation of these projects, an amount of Kshs6.3 billion was not fully utilized at the close of the last financial year. While presenting the financial year 2010/2011 budget estimates, I did indeed assure hon. Members that the Government will make a provision for the balance in the Supplementary Budget to facilitate the completion of these projects. As a result, I have ... view
• 30 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Motion therefore before this House seeks the approval of net supplementary appropriation of Kshs20,509,931,780 for Recurrent Expenditure and a net reduction of Kshs14,014,520,038 for Development Expenditure. I wish to assure hon. Members that in finalizing the Supplementary Estimates, we have been guided by economy and efficiency and the prudent utilization of the limited resources at our disposal. The funds allocated to the Ministries, departments and agencies will be utilized efficiently to achieve the intended purpose and to provide services as approved by this House. view
• 30 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, finally, I sincerely thank hon. Members for their continued support on matters of public financial management and their contributions will be taken positively and incorporated in subsequent budgets. view
• 30 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: With these few remarks, I beg to move. view
• 30 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I was just consulting with my colleagues. I want to take this opportunity to thank Members of Parliament for the very useful comments that they have made with regard to the Supplementary Estimates. I want to thank them for both the support they have given for the initiatives that we have undertaken in the Supplementary Estimates and also for the concerns that they have raised on issues that they thought should have been given more attention. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in this regard, I want to particularly refer to the issue of ... view
• 30 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there was an issue on the reductions and reallocation in the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Finance. A lot of that has to do with the fact that the contingency fund, the budget reserve and the drought reserve are all domiciled in the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Finance and once disbursements are made, they tend to affect or reduce the overall allocation to that Ministry. view
• 30 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: With regard to issues raised under the Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security, I think the National Security Intelligence Service (NSIS) and the security-related issues were well explained by the Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security. I believe that the relevant committee has the capacity to get the details from the line Ministry as to the disbursements for security- related issues. view
• 30 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, equally, a number of issues were raised with regard to poor planning but at the end of the day, were have done our best to ensure that we stick to the Budget that was approved by Parliament. However, there are some circumstances that are well beyond the control of the Ministry or even line Ministries. As I said in my moving notes, some of the factors that have resulted in a reduction in the revenue that we expected to raise are exogenous and are beyond the control of the Government. This is because they are ... view
• 30 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: With regard to the poor implementation of various projects, like I said, we have a committee that is working on that. I believe that this situation will ultimately be improved in years to come because our ultimate objective, especially as we move towards programme budgeting is to ensure that the Budget or the appropriations that are made when the Budget is made are strictly adhered to and Ministries abide by that which shall have been approved by Parliament. view
• 30 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, that amongst many other issues, some of which we will be dealing with substantively in the upcoming Budget--- I want to assure hon. Members that their points and comments have been taken on board and will, indeed, be looked into and considered as we move forward. view