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    "id": 1517059,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tharaka, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. George Murugara",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. As I second this Motion, it is important that I echo the sentiments of the Deputy Leader of the Majority Party. As shown by this calendar, our hands are full. We have much to do, especially in the budget-making process, which has just started and will be with us until the end of June 2025. Thereafter, we will look at particular Acts of Parliament to actualise the budget, including the Finance Bill and the Division of Revenue Bill, which will come to us. It is vitally important to remind the country what we went through last year. We should have adequate public participation starting from this House, the government itself, and the Executive, through Hon. John Mbadi, so that the population does not once more say they are not informed or are unaware of what is in this Budget. While these processes are very important, no country in this world can run without financial statements, Budget, taxation or everything else rejected in the previous Finance Act and so we have to prepare ourselves. We know that as parliamentarians, we will take the flak. We are the ones who will be blamed for most of this, but as we do this, and as we ensure that our constituents are informed on what we are doing, let the Executive also come in and even play a bigger role. I urge Members to take the work of the House seriously and ensure that we have the necessary quorums at all times to ensure that the business of each particular day is transacted to the fullest. With those remarks, I beg to second."
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