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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mbau",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Elias Peter Mbau",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Budget Committee is further given legal backing under the Fiscal Management Act, 2009. During the review and examination of the Budget Policy Statement, the Budget Committee held seven meetings and one workshop; the Budget Workshop was held on 13th and 14th April, 2010. The Committee received submissions from all other Departmental Committees which it considered and included in this Report. The Committee also held consultative meetings with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance as well as officers from the Ministry of Planning, National Development and Vision 2030. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to make the following acknowledgements. The Committee is grateful to the Offices of the Speaker and the Clerk of the National Assembly for the support that the Committee has received during its consideration of the Budget Policy Statement. It is also very grateful to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance and his staff who appeared before the Committee as well the staff of the Ministry of Planning, National Development and Vision 2030. The Committee is also grateful to other Ministries and stakeholders who made various presentations during the pre-Budget Workshop. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on behalf of the Budget Committee, I now have the honour and pleasure to present its Report and recommendations, relating to the Budget Policy Statement for the year 2010/2011 and Expenditure framework in this House and seek Members to debate and adopt the same Statement. Mr. Speaker, Sir, you will realize that the various committees focused themselves on the requirements of what was contained in the Budget Policy Statement. Specifically, number one, the Committee decided to ascertain the compliance to the Fiscal Management Act and Standing Orders. The Budget Policy Statement, which was created by the Fiscal Management Act, 2009, followed to some extent the format prescribed in the Act and the Standing Orders. However, in terms of details, the Budget Policy Statement fell short of expectations, having left out some certain salient details such as the table showing a break down of the ceilings that the various Ministries are going to receive when the financial statement is eventually tabled in this House."
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