Uhuru Kenyatta

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• 30 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Following the approval by this House of the Budget for the Financial Year 2010/2011, the Government embarked on the implementation of various programmes for which resources were appropriated. Whereas, indeed, I have tried to adhere to the fiscal programme presented to this House, the implementation of the Budget has faced numerous challenges which have disrupted the original assumptions that formulated the basis of the Budget. Key amongst those challenges included the rise in food and oil prices, political turmoil in the Middle East and North Africa, drought, security issues and implementation of the Constitution. This has resulted in revenue shortfalls ... view
• 30 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Regarding the request for additional funding, the Treasury received requests amounting to more than Kshs120 billion from line Ministries to fund various additional programmes. However, due to the constraints in realizing more revenue receipts and the need to maintain a stable macro-economic framework, there was need for us to rationalize these requests to Kshs44.8 billion to cater for critical interventions that could not be postponed. The above expenditures have been financed using the existing Civil Contingency Fund of Kshs2 billion, budget reserves of Kshs2 billion, drought contingency of Kshs2.1 billion and rationalizing - that is scaling down expenditures of slow ... view
• 30 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, some of the critical interventions that have been considered for funding under the 2010/2011 Supplementary Estimates include, amongst other things, drought emergency intervention of Kshs5billion, enhanced security operations of Kshs5.1 billion, constitutional awareness, Referendum, promulgation and constitutional implementation activities of Kshs4.4 billion, subsidized fertilizer and seeds, Kshs4.2 billion, additional funds requests for IDPs of Kshs1.8 billion, salary obligations - that is Civil Service commuter allowance of Kshs2 billion - upgrading of P1 teachers of Kshs1.4 billion and salary adjustments for police, prisons and uniformed staff of Kshs5.1 billion. view
• 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