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    "id": 1441586,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Teso South, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mary Emaase",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I have been queuing since morning. I thought you had forgotten that I am here. At the outset, I appreciate the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning, Hon. Kimani Kuria, and his entire team for a meticulous job. The manner in which you have handled the making of the Finance Bill is, indeed, commendable. Having said that, Article 221 of the Constitution, Section 39(2) of the Public Finance Management Act and Standing Order 235(5) provide for the execution of the estimates of revenue and expenditure. Underline the word “revenue.” This process is not complete until the passage of the Appropriations Bill. The passage of the Appropriations Bill is not possible without the execution of the Finance Bill. Therefore, Hon. Deputy Speaker, it is against that backdrop that we are discussing the Finance Bill. It speaks to the revenue-raising measures, without which we shall have no Budget. What we adopted are just estimates. I commend the Committee because they followed the due process once the Finance Bill was submitted to the House and committed to it. They had to subject the proposals from the National Treasury to public participation. Therefore, to hear colleagues allege that the Government has now decided to bring amendments this late or to perpetuate the notion that the Committee was pressurised, is disappointing. The Committee had to listen to Kenyans and get their views before recommending amendments to the Finance Bill. We are here as the representatives of the people. We are the watchdogs and the ones to oversee the Executive. That is why when the Executive proposes anything, it cannot just be passed. There is a committee that does scrutiny and review. They have to discuss, conduct public participation and then recommend some amendments before they bring them to the House for all of us to adopt. They do that on our behalf."
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