Section 35, The Public Financial Management Act, 2016

(1) The Minister shall annually prepare and submit aspart of the State budget documents a Public Investment Programme which includes– (a) lists of – (i) all ongoing projects which have been included in the State budgets of the present or preceding financial years and the implementation of which are ongoing; (ii) all new projects which are newly included in the State budget of the next financial year; (iii) all ongoing PPP projects, the implementation of which are ongoing; (iv) all new PPP projects, multiannual commitments to which has been approved by the Minister under subsection (2) of section 60; 36 37 Public Investment Programme (b) a list of transformational development projects and their assessment mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (8) of section 77; and (c) the following information related to all projects and PPP projects included in the lists mentioned in paragraph(a): (i) names, start and completion dates, and summaries of the projects and PPP projects; (ii) financing sources of the projects and PPP projects; (iii) updated projections of annual expenditures for the projects and PPP projects to be spent under the State budget over the entire period of the project implementation; (iv) amount of outstanding commitments to payments to the projects and PPP projects; and (v) any other information as may be deemed (2) The Minister may issue regulations and guidelines to prescribe – (a) the procedures, criteria, methodologies, and specific information required to qualify a project for inclusion in the State budget; and 38 39 (b) any other procedures, criteria, methodologies, and requirements in respect of screening, evaluation, and implementation of projects. (3) The screening, evaluation, selection, and implementation of PPP projects shall be made in accordance with the Public-Private Partnership Act, (2014).