Did you know that the Minister for Finance has provided kshs 62 million for fuel for his own ministry?

Did you know that the Minister for Finance has provided kshs 215 million for hospitality expenses for his own ministry?

Did you know that the Minister has reported that he will receive only kshs 13.8 million from sale of motor vehicles? 

Do you know that Parliament will guillotine the budget by the end of August 2009 instead of October because of a new standing order that takes away our Constitutional right to a vote by vote scrutiny of the Budget?

It's up to you to decide... it's as simple as ABC.

Below are the answers to the 21 questions. Remember if you put lipstick on a pig, it is still a pig .

SEC I: INTRODUCTION: BUDGET FOR WHAT?

What is the Mandate of the Grand Coalition Government?
Ans: To Implement the National Accord of 28th February 2008

Does the Budget 2009-2010 plan resources for the Grand Coalition Government Mandate?

Ans: No, there are no resources to cater for the Implementation of the National Accord.

SEC II: OVERVIEW OF THE BUDGET

How much in Kshs does the budget 2009-2010 provide for:

Recurrent expenditure:

Ans: 606.7 Billion (70.1%)

Development expenditure

Ans: 258.9 Billion (29.9%)

How much tax money in (kshs) will pay for the 2009-2010 budget? Ans: KRA target this year is Kshs 569 Billion. Last year it collected 450 Billion.

How much borrowed money in (kshs) will pay for the 2009-2010 budget?

Ans: Kshs 250 Billion

How much donor money in (kshs) will pay for the 2009-2010 budget?

Ans: Loans Kshs 68.4 Billion. Grants Kshs 35.3 Billion

What percentage of tax money will go to recurrent expenditure?

Ans: 100%

What percentage of tax money will go to development expenditure?

Ans: 0% (ZERO)

SEC III: OF MR KENYATTA'S BUDGET SPEECH

By how much in (kshs) in the Supplementary Budget for 2008/09, did the minister actually streamline government expenditures to generate savings as stated in Mr. Kenyatta‘s budget speech?

Ans: There was no attempt to streamline Government Expenditure in the Supplementary Budget for 2008/09. Recurrent expenditure went UP.

Mr. Kenyatta in his budget speech claims he has reduced from the ceilings of all ministries, non-priority expenditures. How much in (Kshs) is he saving on:

80% on furniture and fittings:

Ans: Less than 80% Reduction. Office Furniture decreased from Kshs 1.76 Billion to 1.35 Billion

60 percent on advertisement and publicity:

Ans: No Reduction. Infact advertisement and publicity has increased from Kshs 1.76 Billion to 1.83 Billion.

40 percent on telephone expenses;

Ans: Kshs savings of 2.7 Million only

20 percent on hospitality supplies and services,

Ans: No Reduction. In fact hospitality supplies and services has increased from Kshs 2.40 Billion to Kshs 3.01 Billion

10 percent on domestic and foreign travel and subsistence.

Ans: NO Reduction. In fact foreign travel and subsistence has increased from Kshs 2.61 Billion to Kshs 2.62 Billion. There are savings of 46.1 Million for domestic travel and subsitence.

How much money in Kenya shillings would Mr. Kenyatta save, had he scrapped 30 Ministries (VOTES) which form the most bloated and expensive Government and the real reason why recurrent expenditure is at an all time high?

Ans: Approximately Kshs 240 Billion.

Mr. Kenyatta put a moratorium on purchase of new motor vehicles, except for security purposes. Are there any provisions in 2009-2010 budget for purchase of new vehicles that are not security related?

Ans: Yes. He has provided 2.1 Billion for New cars

Mr. Kenyatta will introduce use of fuel cards for the purchase of fuel for government vehicles because he believes this measure will significantly reduce the amount of money the government is spending on fuel. How many cars does the Government of Kenya own?

Ans: As at 2008 GOK had 11.129 cars. Schedule V has been removed from the estimates since.

Mr. Kenyatta directed that all Cabinet Ministers, Permanent Secretaries, Provincial Commissioners and other senior public officials who are entitled to official vehicles, be allowed only one vehicle whose engine capacity should not exceed 1,800 cc. How many ministries have complied?

Ans: The Law Only applies to citizens not MP's.

Mr. Kenyatta directed all Accounting Officers to ensure that vehicles at the disposal of public officials that exceed the engine capacity be withdrawn and surrendered to the Chief Mechanical and Transport Engineer who will arrange for their sale by end of September 2009. Proceeds thereof will be used to finance priority areas such as resettlement of Internally Displaced Persons. Similar sales have been on going from the last budget.

How much were the cars sold for in December 2008?

Ans: Kshs 159 Million

How much were the cars sold for on January 2009?

Ans: No disclosure by GOK

How much money was received by the exchequer for sale of motor vehicles for the year ending June 2009?

Ans: Reciepts from the sale of Vehicles and Transport Equipment in 2009 as reported by Mr Kenyatta was 13.8 million.

Is the Money declared as received by the exchequer according to the Financial Secretary declared in the Printed Estimates for the Year ending June 2009?

Ans: NO. The money is missing.

How much has been reported on by Mr. Kenyatta as AIA from sales of motor vehicles as he has directed for the year ending June 2010? Does this amount reflect his directive to sell all cars over 1800cc?

Ans: Receipts from the sale of Vehicles and Transport equipment for this year budget is only 13.8 million.

Mr. Kenyatta has instructed the Permanent Secretary to the Treasury to launch a comprehensive audit of the payrolls of all organization paid through the Exchequer. He expects the report of this audit to be ready by the end of October 2009.

How does treasury identify who works for Government and who it pays between now and October 2009?

Ans: Anything goes. The truth is GOK does not know who works for Government

Who has the Government being paying, and who has been receiving allowances from the Government if Government does not know how many people work for it?

Ans: GOK has formed the habit of paying ghosts and it also enters into contracts of Billions of shillings with Ghosts.

How many staff members has Mr. Kenyatta provided for in the 2009-2010 Budget?

Ans: 484,830 Staff

How many people work for the Government of Kenya according to the Economic Survey 2009 recently adopted by Parliament?

Ans: 638,000 Staff

On enhancing revenue collection, Mr. Kenyatta speaks of enhancing the operational efficiency of the Kenya Revenue Authority.

How much does he allocate in current Grants to the Kenya Revenue Authority in the 2009-2010 Budget?

Ans: Kshs 7.144 Billion

Does the Kenya Revenue Authority charge a fee to collect revenue? If so, what percentage and why would it further require a current grant?

Ans: Kenya Revenue charges the Government up to 4% to collect revenue. Not clear why there is a further current grant.

Through the 2009-2010 Budget speech, Mr. Kenyatta provides the Judiciary Kshs.3.1 billion, of which Ksh 250 million will be used to fund the pilot phase of the automation and modernization of our courts and employ 20 additional Commissioners of Assize.

How many people spend the night in remand daily?

Ans: 46,202

How many convicted Criminals in Kenya?

Ans: 88,414

What is the capacity of the jails?

Ans: 16,000

What is the capacity of Police Cells?

Ans: Not Known

How many cases are pending before the courts for justice?

Ans: 768,908

Mr. Kenyatta thanks development partners, particularly the EU, the World Bank, the AfDB and China for the valuable support in the road and energy sector.

How much have we borrowed since independence?

Ans: Over Kshs 1 Trillion

What have we borrowed for since independence?

Ans: Development Projects

How much have we paid back since independence?

Ans: Repaid over 10 times amount borrowed

Have we received what we paid for since independence?

Ans: NO, We are still Paying.

How much in (kshs) are development partners contributing in the 2009-2010 Budget?

Ans: Kshs 103 Billion

Is the contribution a loan or a grant?

Ans: Kshs 35 Billion in Grants and 68 Billion in Loans

The Government of Kenya, working jointly with the Government of Uganda, has made decision to construct a new standard gauge railway line from Mombasa to Western Kenya and to Kampala in Uganda. The new railway line will not only reduce the cost of transport but also facilitate faster movement of freight and passengers.

How much in (kshs) have we borrowed to build Railways in Kenya?

Ans: Over Kshs 11.5 Billion

How many Railways have we borrowed for to date?

Ans: 4 Railways

How many Railways have Been Built?

Ans: ZERO

Did Parliament unanimously order an Independent forensic Audit into the National Budget going back three years, following revelations of errors in the supplementary budget?

Ans: Parliament ordered an Independent forensic Audit into the National Budget going back to three years

Were there any errors in the resubmitted Supplementary bugdet approved by Parliament that now forms the approved printed estimates columns in the new 2009-2010 budget?

Ans: Yes there were errors in the resubmitted Supplementary estimates that were passed and approved by parliament.

Why if an MP knew the answers to these questions did they approve this ridiculous budget?

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