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    "id": 1218591,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1218591/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiharu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ndindi Nyoro",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Procedural Motion: THAT, notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order 232(7) relating to presentation of the Budget Policy Statement, this House resolves to extend the period for consideration of the Budget Policy Statement, 2023 by a period of 14 days from 1st March 2023. In brief, the reason for this prayer is that the law was made for man, and not man for the law. We are in a different period from other years because last year was a transition year. We had a new Government coming into place and, in the process, a lot of time was lost along the way as stipulated in the Public Finance Management Act and in our Standing Orders. The budget-making process primarily starts with something called sector working groups, where 10 sectors that have been compartmentalised in the country meet to discuss their priorities and limits. That ordinarily happens in September. Unfortunately, because of what happened after the elections, that could only be done in November. Therefore, it affected the calendar for the consideration of the BPS. Secondly, budget-making is a consultative process where we need to hear as many voices as possible. In this regard, many Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) present their issues to various Departmental Committees. Thereafter, the Departmental Committee Chairs appear before the Budget and Appropriations Committee (BAC). As we were considering the Supplementary Estimates, we realised that we have been limiting Chairs when they are presenting issues within their MDAs. First of all, we need to give them time to interrogate their MDAs in a more comprehensive manner. Also, when they appear before the Budget and Appropriation Committee, we do not need to rush them a lot."
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