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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Bondo, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Gideon Ochanda",
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    "content": "I, however, support the Report as work in progress. What is more critical is the way we go through the stages of the budgetary process. The stages start in February when we have the Budget Policy Statement (BPS). Then in April and May, we look at the budget estimates. In June, the Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury and Economic Planning reads the budget estimates in the House. Finally, we get to the stage where we discuss the revenue-raising measures in the Finance Bill. Those stages need to be tied. As a House, we have not tied them properly. That is why there are missing dots. There are dots along the stages. We should consider the BPS in relation to the budget. There are definitely different figures which sometimes go beyond what the BPS expects. In the estimates, you realise that there are figures and proposals in terms of projects and activities that Members propose, sometimes without the knowledge of where we will raise the money from. What I mean is that, for example, at the budget estimates stage, we should talk about the activities and projects and how they will be funded. If at that time we have indicative 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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