Mr. Speaker, turning to the specific Ministerial allocations, the Ministry of Land Management, Water and Sanitation Services is allocated the largest share of the proposed Development Budget at P2.07 billion or 17.21 percent, mainly to support initiatives geared towards improvement of water supply and management in the country. The water projects account for P1.90 billion or 83.0 percent of the Ministry’s allocation. These include the North-South Carrier 2 from Palapye – Mmamashia - Gaborone, which is meant to provide water to the southern part of Botswana; Kanye NSC Connection, Moshupa sanitation project, Land servicing at Mochudi, Selibe Phikwe, Mabutsane, Gantsi and Moshupa as well as the Botswana Emergency Water Security and Efficiency project partly funded through the World Bank.