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    "id": 1009738,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kieni, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kanini Kega",
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        "legal_name": "James Mathenge Kanini Kega",
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    "content": " Thank you Hon. Speaker. I rise to give a status report on the legislative proposals referred to the Budget and Appropriation Committee (BAC). Hon. Speaker, I am happy that you have given a ruling. It is as if we read your mind. We had prepared a report from BAC. It will be brief because we have had quite a number of legislative proposals coming to the Committee and Members were sometimes complaining that BAC is the deathbed for legislative proposals. However, I am happy that we have processed quite a number of them. Hon. Speaker, Article 114 of the Constitution as read together with the provisions of Standing Orders 114 (3)(b) and 6 provide for the referral and processing of legislative proposals which are draft money bills. Specifically, Standing Order 114 (3) (b) states that where the Speaker is of the opinion that a legislative proposal is a draft money bill in terms of Article 114 of the Constitution, he directs that the proposal be referred to the Budget and Appropriations Committee and the proposal shall be proceeded with only in accordance with the recommendations of the Committee after taking into account the views of the Cabinet Secretary responsible for finance. Hon. Speaker, it is worth mentioning that the process of consideration of the draft money bills is meticulous, in that the Committee has to consider and evaluate technical briefs prepared by the Parliamentary Budget Office which provide a detailed examination of the manner in which the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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