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• 27 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is it in order for hon. Mbadi to mention my name in such a manner? Unless he is going to substantiate what he has just said, he needs to withdraw the statement. view
• 27 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. This issue has raised a lot of emotion and I do not think we need to raise emotions on this issue. Security, just as food security, is equally important. I do not think the Government is blind to the fact that we are faced with a major famine throughout the country. As late as two or three weeks ago, a sub-committee was formed under the Office of the Prime Minister. When we were formulating the Budget, we did not at that stage envision the extent of this drought. As a result of that, the ... view
• 27 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, from within Ministries. It is not additional money. It is the Ministries represented in the Cabinet that agreed that individually, they did not realize the extent this drought was going to hit and they have reorganized themselves and set priorities. Consequently, as far as I am concerned, the issues that have been raised--- view
• 27 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not think that is a point of order. I said that the Cabinet sat. The question I was asked in the Committee is whether I have the capacity as the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance to re-allocate or prioritize for Ministries. I said that I did not have that capacity. I said that the Cabinet sat and Ministries were asked to relook at their budgets to see how they can view
• 27 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on a point of information because that is not correct. I think we heard from the Committee Members themselves. The Committee said that they had gone through the budget of the NSIS, the Department of Defence and all the other institutions under them and were satisfied that the requests that were made were in good order. I am sure they do not want to mention them on the Floor of this House because of security reasons. view
• 27 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me take this opportunity, first and foremost, to join hon. Members in commending the Budget Committee for the insightful report and their dedication and commitment to provide oversight to the budget process. I also wish to appreciate the opportunity accorded to the Treasury by the Committee to highlight some issues during our deliberations. That said and done, I would like, nevertheless, to point out that such consultations would have been better organized in a more civil and professional manner, to allow for fruitful deliberations that culminate in a consensus report to be tabled before ... view
• 27 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you will recall that I did submit the 2011 Budget Policy Statement (BPS) in March 2011 and, indeed, in the BPS we set out clearly broad macro-policies including spending priorities consistent with the national strategic objectives of the Government. We also provided projected baseline ceilings by sector and by programme and indicated that should additional resources be available in the course of framing up the spending plans for 2011/2012 they will be utilized for strategic interventions including measures to address emerging challenges. view
• 27 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me just summarize. I think the bottom-line of what I was trying to say is that there are a lot of good proposals that are contained in the Report, some of which have already been taken up by line Ministries. There are other proposals that we believe, if taken on board, would have other repercussions. I believe that there is need for us to have further discussions on those particular items with the Budget Committee, the line Ministries and the respective view
• 16 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, could I respond next week on Thursday? view
• 16 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, in accordance with Section 222 of the Constitution of Kenya, the withdrawal of Kshs368,316,172,939, representing one-half of the total net estimates of Recurrent and Development Expenditures made up in the manner set out in the Vote on Account Schedules laid in the House be authorized for the purpose of meeting expenditure necessary to carry out the services of the Government of Kenya during the year ending 30th June, 2012, until such time as the Appropriation Act for the year comes into operation. view