Uhuru Kenyatta

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Entries 1361 to 1370 of 1613.

• 6 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, monies are disbursed to Ministries in accordance with the Budget approved by this House. Therefore, if there are monies that were not received, that Question would be more appropriately addressed by the relevant line Ministry. view
• 6 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I have said, we have issued a Treasury Circular to all Accounting Officers providing the guidelines on Budget implementation. It is in the interest of the Treasury and Kenyans as a whole if funds allocated are utilized for the intended purpose and within the financial year. To enhance our capacity to monitor the utilization of funds disbursed to Ministries, I have stated that we have the Budget Implementation and Disbursement Committees which are being reconstituted across the country to help us at the Treasury to also not just be disbursers of funds but also ... view
• 6 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for three years prior, I can promise to extract the information from the Report of the Controller and Auditor- General. view
• 6 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you very much for that support because, already, those documents are before the House and that is why I answered the Question in the manner that I answered it. view
• 6 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: All that information is contained in those reports. The only one that is still pending is for the year 2008/2009 which is the financial year that has just been concluded and will be contained in the reports that will be done by the Controller and Auditor-General. view
• 6 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, indeed, that is a pertinent question. The reason sometimes for late disbursements is because disbursements are also based on the receipts that we receive at the Exchequer. Sometimes due to constraints, there may be delays. However, one of the reforms that we are currently undertaking at the Treasury is to try to endeavour to front load disbursements at the beginning of each quarter in order to overcome the challenges of late disbursement. But like I said, it is not intentional and it is not a question of withholding release of monies but release of monies ... view
• 6 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not think I mentioned anywhere the fact that the Government has refused to spend any money. I just stated a position of fact! However, that said and done, despite the challenges and constraints that the economy is currently facing, the Government is endeavouring to do everything that it can to ensure that funds will be available to implement the various programmes contained in the Budget. Towards that end, it is incumbent upon all of us to ensure that we work together as a House and as a nation so that the revenue targets ... view
• 6 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: So, hon. Lessonet, I want to assure you that we are doing everything possible to ensure that we raise the necessary funding to implement all projects indicated in our Budget Speech. Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 6 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on Wednesday, next week. view
• 6 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, given the urgency of the matter, I will report the matter to the Prime Minister and, possibly, have it addressed on Wednesday, next week during the Prime Minister’s Time. view