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    "id": 1444524,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, this communication relates to the business appearing under Order No.10 in today's Order Paper, being Committee of the whole House on the Finance Bill (National Assembly Bill No.30 of 2024). Hon. Members, you recall that on Wednesday, 19th June 2024, I guided all Members desirous of proposing amendments to the Bill to submit their amendments to the Office of the Clerk by 1.00 p.m., on Thursday, 20th June 2024. At the close of the submission period, 37 Members, including the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning, on behalf of the Committee, had proposed amendments to the Bill. Hon. Members, Article 114 of the Constitution provides that, in any instance, where a Motion makes provision for a matter listed in the definition of a Money Bill, the House may proceed only in accordance with the recommendations of the relevant committee, after taking into account the views of the Cabinet Secretary responsible for Finance. In this regard, and noting the importance of the various amendments received on the Bill, I directed the Clerk to convey the amendments to the National Treasury for the purpose of obtaining the views of the Cabinet Secretary, in line with Article 114 of the Constitution. Hon. Members, pursuant to Standing Order 131, I also referred the proposed amendments to the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning, to consider the harmonisation of similar or related proposals that are made in respect to various clauses in the Bill and to report the outcome of the exercise."
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