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    "id": 1053751,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kipipiri, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Amos Kimunya",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": " Our Constitution has timelines within which we need to prosecute the Division of Revenue Bill so that it goes to the Senate. Once it goes to the Senate, they also need to go through it. We have no control as to how long the Senate will take. The courts have ruled that until the Division of Revenue Act has been assented, the Estimates cannot be introduced to the House. The Constitution says the Estimates need to be introduced before 30th April of each year. Therefore, we are operating within a timeline of one month. In addition, we cannot control the Calendar of the Senate. Therefore, Hon. Members, the reason we incorporated this last Thursday and this week was so that this House does its constitutional obligation, passes the Division of Revenue Bill and pass it on to the Senate. Moreover, if you remember last year, we had a discussion that took almost three months until the courts ruled that this must be done within a The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for informationpurposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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