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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Thank you. You may take your seat. Hon. Members, I wish to thank the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury and Economic Planning for ably making a public pronouncement of the Budget Policy Highlights and Revenue-Raising Measures for the National Government for the Financial Year 2024/2025 and the Medium-Term Debt Management Strategy 2024. In this regard, Hon. Members, I wish to confirm that in conformity with the provisions of Article 221(1) of the Constitution, Sections 37, 39 and 39A of the Public Finance Management Act 2012 and Standing Order 244C, the Cabinet Secretary submitted to the National Assembly the documents and legislative proposals required to implement the National Government Budget for the Financial Year 2024/2025 on 30th April 2024. This is within the prescribed timeline. The documents submitted by the Cabinet Secretary included the Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure for the National Government, and the Finance Bill 2024, which is currently under consideration by the House. Hon. Members, it is now my pleasure to invite all Hon. Members, the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury and Economic Planning, all Cabinet Secretaries present and other invited guests to our reception at the Parliamentary Courtyard at the rise of the House."
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