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This afternoon Gitobu Imanyara, MP, will request for a statement from the Minister of Finance regarding glaring discrepancies in the documents presented to Parliament for approval of the Supplementary Budget last week.

Mars Group Analysis of the Supplementary Budget and comparison of figures within the Approved National Budget show systematic differences which caused Parliament to vote additional funds to the Government when additional funds were not necessary as Parliament had approved the expenditure in June last year.

There are over 200 such budget line items involved across 35 Ministries and the total figure in dispute is just over Ksh 9.6 billion which was removed from the Approved Estimates for unknown reasons.  The following budget line items have discrepancies which require explanation:

1. Personal Allowance paid as Part of Salary
2. Training Expenses
3. Hospitality Supplies and Services
4. Domestic Travel and Subsistence and Other Transport Costs
5. Office and General Supplies and Services
6. Research, Feasibility Studies, Project Preparation and Design, Project Supervision
7. Purchase of Office Furniture
8. Routine Maintenance
9. Printing, Advertising and Information Supplies and Services
10. Communication, Supplies and Services
11. Utilities Supplies & Services
12. Office and General Supplies and Services
13. Fuel Oil and Lubricants

The effect is an unexplained loss of kshs 36,347,880,495 being the discrepancy and actual loss of kshs 9.6 Billion plus the fraudulent unjustifiable request and approval of an amount of kshs 26,670,690,984 on over 200 fraud budget line items. An amount larger than the entire Supplementary Budget.

The business of tax money is serious. The report made to Parliament through the supplementary estimates is inaccurate. It is criminal to mislead Parliament that the figures in the supplementary budget are the same as the approved estimates. Who is responsible? Who at treasury authored the Supplementary Budget? Was the Minister of Finance Uhuru Kenyatta aware that he tabled falsified documents for the approval of Parliament?  Parliament passed the budget in one afternoon without scrutiny. Can Kenyans claim to have representation in Parliament?

It is our view that looting the Budget, our tax money by the Executive aided by the National Assembly demonstrates that impunity in Kenya is now dictatorial and at an all time high. The Kenyan Citizen will have to ultimately seek accountability from Parliament and the Executive to end corruption and impunity, if Kenya is to survive the serious problems it has so as to deal with Agenda 4 of the National Accord.

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Below are just 20 examples and the full text of the Request for a Statement by Gitobu Imanyara.

	Twenty examples whose value exceeds Ksh 20 Million Each
	Personal Allowance Paid as Part of Salary
					PAGE	APPROVED PRINTED	PRINTED ESTIMATES	PAGE	MONEY
					NO	2008-2009	AS APPEARS IN	NO	MISSING
vote	Vote Title	Department	Code	Code title	EST	ESTIMATES	SUPPLEMENTARY	SUPP	FRAUD
R05	Office of the Vice President & Ministry of Home Affairs	Prison Services HQ Administrative Services	2110300	Personal Allowance Paid as Part of Salary	237	86,823,169	26,127,552	88	60,695,617
R05	Office of the Vice President & Ministry of Home Affairs	Prison Services Provincial Administrative Services	2110300	Personal Allowance Paid as Part of Salary	238	43,524,572	13,995,490	89	29,529,082
R05	Office of the Vice President & Ministry of Home Affairs	Prisons Staff Training College	2110300	Personal Allowance Paid as Part of Salary	240	282,216,472	19,765,580	89	262,450,892
R05	Office of the Vice President & Ministry of Home Affairs	Prison Services Borstal Institutions	2110300	Personal Allowance Paid as Part of Salary	242	25,692,633	2,223,333	90	23,469,300
R10	Ministry of Agriculture	General Administration & Planning Services	2110300	Personal Allowance Paid as Part of Salary	369	82,154,365	28,236,837	136	53,917,528
R10	Ministry of Agriculture	Agricultural Attache’s Offices	2110300	Personal Allowance Paid as Part of Salary	370	30,824,026	1,282,076.00	137	29,541,950
R10	Ministry of Agriculture	District Agricultural Extension Services	2110300	Personal Allowance Paid as Part of Salary	385	480,744,269	449,326,587	144	31,417,682
R11	Ministry of Medical Services	Mental Health Services	2110300	Personal Allowance Paid as Part of Salary	442	74,986,639	53,404,620	159	21,582,019
R11	Ministry of Medical Services	Pharmacy Services	2110300	Personal Allowance Paid as Part of Salary	449	52,490,554	5,202,420	164	47,288,134
R13	Ministry of Roads and Public Works	Mechanical and Transport Department	2110300	Personal Allowance Paid as Part of Salary	519	65,269,437	8,247,588	180	57,021,849
R13	Ministry of Roads and Public Works	Headquarters Roads Department	2110300	Personal Allowance Paid as Part of Salary	522	56,140,579	4,054,824	182	52,085,755
R13	Ministry of Roads and Public Works	Provincial/District Administration & Technical Services	2110300	Personal Allowance Paid as Part of Salary	523	84,673,026	15,107,371	182	69,565,655
R26	Judicial Department	High Court of Kenya	2110300	Personal Allowance Paid as Part of Salary	942	104,578,488	84,882,660	353	19,695,828
R26	Judicial Department	Magistrates’ and Kadhi’s Courts	2110300	Personal Allowance Paid as Part of Salary	943	184,287,604	143,396,880	353	40,890,724
R31	Ministry of Education	Teachers Service Commission	2110300	Personal Allowance Paid as Part of Salary	1014	29,645,245,858	21,390,109,980	382	8,255,135,878
R40	Ministry of State for Immigration & Registration of Persons	Immigration Department- Headquarters	2110300	Personal Allowance Paid as Part of Salary	1178	63,432,667	33,426,667	440	30,006,000
R42	Ministry of State for Youth Affairs	Youth Polytechnic and Training Services	2110300	Personal Allowance Paid as Part of Salary	1243	52,164,452	2,625,000	462	49,539,452
R43	Ministry of Science & Technology	Headquarters Administrative Services	2110300	Personal Allowance Paid as Part of Salary	1284	34,034,840	18,504,840	476	15,530,000
R43	Ministry of Science & Technology	Technical Training Institutes	2110300	Personal Allowance Paid as Part of Salary	1288	312,835,836	265,681,860	478	47,153,976
R43	Ministry of Science & Technology	Mombasa Polytechnic	2110300	Personal Allowance Paid as Part of Salary	1289	256,982,723	227,257,692	479	29,725,031
						32,019,102,209	22,792,859,857		9,226,242,352

REQUEST FOR A STATEMENT FROM THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER OF FINANCE ARISING OUT OF THE SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES APPROVED BY THIS HOUSE LAST WEEK

There are glaring anomalies between the Printed Estimates as approved in June 2008 and the figures appearing in the Supplementary Estimates approved last week on Thursday.

The Supplementary Estimates reveal systematic anomalies in over 200 budget line items across ministries to the tune of Ksh 9,677,189,511

By what appears to be falsified entries Parliament was given the impression that additional funds were required even though in actual fact Parliament had already approved substantial amounts for recurrent expenditure.

Parliament is entitled first to an explanation as to why these figures are different. As a basis I am laying on the Table of the House figures relating to twenty different budget line entries to demonstrate the discrepancies.

Secondly, Parliament is entitled to know where this money represented by these discrepancies went to.

Page by Page Scrutiny of the June Approved Estimates and the entries representing the same in the Supplementary Estimates reveals huge discrepancies that need an explanation.

Ksh 9,677,189,511 could buy the hungry food – this sum is three times what was approved for the Strategic Food Reserves.  It is certainly enough to resettle our Internally Displaced citizens.

Why was Parliament Mislead?

Gitobu Imanyara, MP

Tuesday, 05 May 2009

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