When he made the statement, the House Finance Committee was scheduled to meet and interrogated the figures before voting on the matter. “The Finance Committee will merely confirm that (no fraudulent activity) as the true position,” said Marende. Mati would challenge Uhuru to name those responsible and the true authors of the Supplementary Budget, adding that it was a deliberate ploy to hoodwink MPs. Two weeks later, fresh claims emerged that there were new discrepancies amounting to Sh10.7 billion in the revised supplementary budget that had been approved by Parliament. Mati further pointed out that recommendations made by the joint committee of the budget committee and the finance committee hadn’t been followed.

Source: Standard Digital June 07, 2021 15:37 UTC