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    "id": 1376580,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiharu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ndindi Nyoro",
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    "content": " Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Procedural Motion: THAT, notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order 232(7) relating to timelines for consideration of the Budget Policy Statement (BPS), this House resolves to extend the period for consideration of the 2024 Budget Policy Statement by a period of seven days from 29th February 2024. Hon. Speaker, if I can proceed, as my colleagues know, one of our critical roles in this House is budget making. In that process, every Member plays a very pivotal role. The Budget and Appropriations Committee only comes at the tail end of the entire process. Most of us here take part in the budget making process. That process started last year. During our first term, it took us time to apprise ourselves to the fact that the budget making process does not start in June. June is usually the tail end. The process starts much earlier. For example, the budget making process for the Financial Year 2024/2025 started last year where the Government is divided into 10 compact sectors. Those sectors form something we call ‘Sector Working Groups’. Last year, we conducted public participation where members of the public practically gave their views in regard to this process. However, the most critical part is where we are now. We are now setting the ceilings in regard to the expenditure that we are going to approve in this House. Therefore, these ceilings will then guide the estimates. Whatever we are setting here as ceilings will determine the number of projects we will have in the various Ministries, Departments and Agencies of Government. Hon. Speaker, this Procedural Motion seeks to extend the statutory timeline by seven days. This is because a lot happens after the tabling of the Budget Policy Statement, as it was done in the last few days. After tabling the BPS, we transmit the same documents to the various 20 departmental committees in this House. I want to laud all the departmental committees, their leadership and Members of this House because they have been very forthright before, and have been working meticulously in terms of making our work pretty easy."
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