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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, it is important that we communicate on the Floor of this House the discussion we had in the House Business Committee. That is if a chairperson of a committee is not in the House, the bare minimum is that the vice-chairperson must be in the House at the time the House rises. Processing of the Budget Estimates is the most important business that we have in this Session and it is a matter of concern that the chairpersons, especially those of the departmental committees, who are charged with the responsibility of processing the Budget Estimates, were not even in the House at the time you were making that Communication, Hon. Speaker. I just wanted to take this opportunity to implore upon the chairpersons again. As much as we have another meeting as I indicated in the House Business Committee, it is good for the general membership of the House to take charge of their committees and ensure their full participation in considering the Budget Estimates because this is the most important business of this House. Unlike our sister House, the Senate, we are charged with the rare privilege of being the budget- making House. It is indeed, a great honour and privilege to oversee the Government and the budget process. We must make use of the long recess. It is a long recess, but usually it is the busiest working recess that we have unlike the one in December, which is longer and for rest. This one is usually a working recess. I implore upon the membership of the House across 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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