Hakijamii Supports Community Groups Engaging in the Budget-Making Process
July 12, 2011 1 Comment
With the opening up of the budget-making process, Hakijamii’s community partners were some of the first grassroots organizations to take advantage of this new opportunity by presenting their views and concerns to the Parliamentary Committee during public hearings. Indeed, the Nairobi People’s Settlement Network, Muungano wa Wanavijiji, Kasarani Youth Congress, Kutoka Network, and Kisumu Social Rights Association were pioneers in calling for an open budget process. From 2007 they have been engaged in developing a truly People’s Budget based on the clear understanding that the budget is an extremely important tool in the realization of human rights and cannot therefore be left exclusively to technocrats and politicians.
Attached is the budget proposal as presented by KISORA on June 23, 2011: The people’s budget
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The new constituton dispensation provides for alot of opportuities for Kenyans to participate as one of the fundermental aspect of human rights. we are glad that this constitution is here and we shall indeed use it as a tool to advance our quest for the state to submit to its obligations of Protecting, Respecting and Upholding to all the citizens of Kenya irespecive of Gender, Tribe, Creed amng other disparities. However the budget being the fuel of the economy and a parametre of defining the growth of the state GDP, it must be subjected to a process that is inclusive, transparent and mostly acceptable to all the beneficiaries esp the poor of the poorest. As actors in tis cause, the time to grab ou tools and get to work is now, and i believe we have all the implements. Lets drive this cause to the desieable end…….. May God protect us and give us new ideologis and innovations to conquer this quest