from Judy Miriga Folks,

To defy Constitutional Legal Authority and deny Parliament to engage and public to participate in the matters that affect their lives directly or indirectly as is in the National Budget is a serious crime and an act intended to distabilize Peace and Unity……It is against Human Rights obligated Freedom, Peace and Security to cohabit in a just secured society.

We appeal to the United Nations Security Council and all Leaders of the world to help intervene and help support our demand to know and participate in the Budget, to help us break this bottleneck stalemate which is stubbonly being created by Uhuru Kenyatta with team.

Because of Uhuru’s stubbonness, I believe there are details and figures they do not wish the public to know, and it must be things to do with deeply soiled corruption involving huge sums of money, intended to be sneaked to some foreign accounts or lucrative Ponzi Scheme whealer dealers……

Kenyan people sweated and some died in order to achieve the New Constitution. We hold the justice through the new constitution so dearly that we will not let is fly out of our hands. ……We are staged to have an UGLY BATTLE with the BUDGET…….

We however DEMAND that The New Constitution MUST be followed strictly, which must equally applies to the passage of The Budget. We remember Mutula Kilonzo complaining along with other comments by Agents of the corrupt politicians in the media not long ago saying, politicians have unanimously agreed amongst themselves to tactfully delay the New Constitution and vowed they will forego and delay the New Constitution for five years, hold election according to the Old Constitution and do slowly, peacemeal implementation and at some point abandon it altogether.

We cannot continue to be frustrated, intimidated and corrupted in this manner. We need joint pressure force to push these difficult politicians to face justice at the ICC Hauge. Help must come urgently and fast.

Thank you all…..

Sincerely,

Judy Miriga
Diaspora Spokesperson
Executive Director
Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc.,
USA
http://socioeconomicforum50.blogspot.com

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From: Dickens Odhiambo
Subject: Uhuru Kenyatta gets the green light to present the Budget

Uhuru admits budget process ignored law

By DAVE OPIYO (dopiyo@ke.nationmedia.com)

Posted Thursday, June 2 2011 at 12:16

Treasury has admitted that it did not fully adhere to the Constitution by failing to submit the estimates of the Sh1.155 trillion budget to parliament for scrutiny two months before the end of the financial year.

“We may not have lived to the strict letter of the Constitution with regard to the timelines but more than other institutions, we at Treasury have nonetheless operated in the spirit of the new Constitution,” Finance minister Uhuru Kenyatta said on Thursday.

Mr Kenyatta had been expected to present this year’s Budget estimates to the Parliamentary Budget Committee, but did not, sparking outrage with MPs swearing to block him from reading the Budget next week. However, the minister said he finally presented the estimates to the committee on May 31.

And with this, he however asked parliament to consider deferring the interrogation of the estimates of Kenya’s largest ever budget in history from the required two months before the end of the financial year to after the budget speech.

Planned

The budget speech has already been slated for June 8 with Mr Kenyatta insisting that it will go on as planned.

“The budget speech is the culmination of the entire budget making process but in itself, it is not the budget… the budget is contained in the estimates. The speech simply highlights the key areas of focus that would be of public interest,” he said.

In defending his failure to table the estimates as stipulated by the new Constitution, the minister said the budget making process was not as simple as many think. It usually takes between 10 and 11 months.

“We started this process after the promulgation of the new Constitution…given the length of the time it takes to formulate the budget, there probably should have been transitional clauses due to the fact that the budget date had been moved forward by two months,” he said. Speaking at a meeting at Nairobi’s Continental House earlier this week, MPs said Mr Kenyatta ought to be reprimanded for breaching the Constitution by not submitting the estimates as stipulated in the Constitution.

Highlights of the Budgetary Proposals

Ksh 1.315 Billion for construction of water harvesting systems in 10 primary schools per constituency at a cost of Ksh 250,000 per school.

Ksh 840 Million to provide bursaries for 200 additional poor/orphaned children per constituency at a cost of Ksh 20,000 per child.

Ksh 1.1 Billion for construction of 15 water harvesting pans (100,000 Cubic Metres capacity) for each non-ASAL constituency at a cost of Ksh 800,000 each Ksh 1.05 Billion for construction of 20 water harvesting pans (100,000 Cubic Metres capacity) for each ASAL constituency at a cost of Ksh 1.5 Million each

Ksh 210 Million to establish a digital village in each constituency

Additional Kshs 1 Billion for the second phase of funding for the Small and Medium Enterprises program

Ksh 1.3 Billion for expanding irrigation by 11,000 acres in existing schemes, Ksh 4.3 Billion to bring new irrigation schemes covering 16,000 acres and Ksh 600 Million to design 91,000 new irrigation schemes.

Ksh 135 Million to implement cold storage facilities in 120 constituencies to compliment the successes realized when we introduced fish ponds in the 2009/2010 budget under the Economic Stimulus Package.

Ksh 385 Million to expand coverage from 10 to 30 households for the Disabled Persons safety net program, Ksh 260 Million to expand the Orphans and Vulnerable Children safety net from 60 to 72 Districts, Ksh 240 Million to expand the cash transfer for senior citizens from 44 to 72 Districts, Ksh 230 Million to adjust benefits from Ksh 1,500 to Ksh 2,000 for the same Ksh 845 Million for the purchase of 2 gunny bags per household for farming in the slum areas.

Ksh 300 Million to purchase sanitary pads for girls in primary schools across the country

Ksh 100 Million to develop child protection system and give support to children institutions

Ksh 5.53 Billion to extend a grant of Ksh 15 Million per constituency to complete ongoing projects and cover CDF projects arrears amounting to Ksh 1.8 Billion Ksh 2 Billion capital grant to co-operative societies to clear outstanding coffee debts.

Ksh 1.85 Billion to expand and/or modernize commuter rail services,

Ksh 1 Billion to upgrade Thika-Nairobi Commuter rail and Ksh 3.25 Billion for the Mombasa-Malaba standard gauge railway.

Ksh 4.157 Billion for the final resettlement of IDP’s.

Ksh 3.34 Billion for the payment of pension dues for retired teachers between 1997 and 2003.

Ksh 5.5 Billion for preparation of the 2012 General Election

KShs. 1.15 billion for Police Recruitment.

Sector Allocations

Mr Kenyatta said the FY2011/12 Budget has provided an overall increase of Ksh. 131.5 billion in funding to all sectors with the following sectors recording significant increases in funding:

Physical Infrastructure – Allocations went up by Kshs. 55.6 billion from KSh.165.8B in FY2010/11 to KSh. 221.4B in FY2011/12 Public Administration & International Relations – We have increased allocations to the Public Administration and International Relations sector by KSh. 35.4 billion from KSh. 77.5b in the last financial year to KSh. 112.9b in the FY2011/12.

Governance, Justice, Law and Order – Allocations increased by KShs. 22.8 billion from (from KSh. 98.7b in FY2010/11 to KSh. 121.5b in FY2011/12)

Human Resource Development – Increased allocations by KShs 13.2 billion. (from KSh. 201.7b in FY2010/11 to KSh. 21.9b in FY2011/12) Research, Innovation and Technology – allocations increased by KShs. KSh. 9.6 billion (from KSh. 65.8b in FY2010/11 to 75.5b in FY2011/12).

Environment, water and Sanitation – Allocations have increased by KShs. 6.6 billion (from KSh. 50b in FY2010/11 to KSh. 56.9b in FY2011/12).

Ref………Your suggestions on the 2011/2012 budget.

From: Lee Makwiny
Subject: Your suggestions on the 2011/2012 budget
Date: Thursday, June 2, 2011, 8:02 AM

How many people have participated in this budget making process and got the mail below.

It seems people who are in Uhuru’s list are the only guys who were allowed to have input. I am asking.

Hello XXXXXXXX

It is with great pleasure that I write to you to thank you for having taken time to give in your suggestions on the 2011/2012 budget. I am not only honoured, but also humbled by your important contributions. This in itself is a great achievement for Kenya.

As we finalize the budget here at treasury, I felt that it is important for me to update you on the progress that we have made so far. We received close to 3,000 submissions through social media and the online form that you filled. In addition to these, many others took time to drop letters at my office, write emails, tweet and blog about their ideas for the budget. I personally went through each one of these submissions and I must say that I was quite impressed not only by the quality of these submissions but also by the patriotic passion with which Kenyans from all walks of life responded to my request and chose to play their part in this process. My officers sifted through these budget proposals as well and I’m glad to inform you that quite a number of the submissions have been taken into consideration and will form part of the 2011/2012 budget. In as much as we may not be able to incorporate all the suggestions, we see this as the beginning of a new form of public engagement and inclusiveness as envisioned in our new constitution.

I truly appreciate each and every contribution that was brought forward and it is my humble prayer that you and all Kenyans shall continue to take similar opportunities to have your voices heard. Let us continue to work together in the same spirit for the benefit this great nation.

God bless you and God bless Kenya.

Sincerely,

Uhuru M. Kenyatta