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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": "(Funyula ODM). Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me this opportunity to comment. In essence, I do not oppose the Motion, but obviously, like every Kenyan will ask: What is the hurry? The Bill is already running, signed, enacted and is operational. All that we need to do is to rationalise the Budget to fit the expected revenue. We have not even concluded the Presidential Memorandum on the Finance Bill. So, I do not know why we are anticipating debate. What if Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose is able to marshal two-thirds majority to defeat the President’s Memorandum? Where would that leave us under such a circumstance? Procedurally, the orderly way to do things would have been to deal with the President’s Memorandum on the Finance Bill so that we are certainly sure that the amount that was proposed, that is about Ksh300 billion, is not going to be realised before we rationalise the Budget. What if we are able to defeat the President’s Memorandum and we pass the Finance Bill the way it is? Will we, again, have to do another second Supplementary Budget? That will be very untidy. I do not sit in the House Business Committee, but if I were to sit there, my advice would have been that we deal with the revenue side, and then we finalise the expenditure side. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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