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    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44(2)(a), I rise to give the following Statement on behalf of the House Business Committee, which met on Tuesday, 3rd June 2025, to prioritise business for consideration during this week. With regard to business scheduled for Tuesday next week, the House is expected to continue with the consideration of the following Bills, should they not be concluded today: 1. Second Reading of: (a) The Learners with Disabilities Bill, (Senate Bill No. 4 of 2023) (b) The Political Parties (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill, (Senate Bill No. 26 of 2024). (c) The National Cohesion and Integration Bill, (National Assembly Bill No. 74 of 2023). 2. The Committee of the Whole House on the Value-Added Tax (Amendment) Bill 2025. Additionally, debate will be undertaken on the following Motions, should they not be concluded today: 1. Consideration of the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement between the Republic of Kenya and the United Arab Emirates. 2. Report on the Ratification of the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies. 3. Report on the Performance Audit Report on the Provision of Services to Persons with Disabilities by the National Council for Persons with Disabilities. Hon. Speaker, as the House will recall, you issued a Communication on the priority business that will come before the House during this Part of the Session, notably relating to the budget process. As such, Members will note that the general debate on the Budget Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure for the Financial Year 2025/2026 commenced yesterday afternoon and is expected to end today, in line with your Communication earlier, as per the Supplementary Order Paper, this being the 3rd and final Allotted Day for general debate on the estimates. Therefore, it is important for Members to note that anybody who wants to contribute on the Budget Estimates, has up to the close of business today to do so. Thereafter, the House will consider the estimates in the Committee of Supply, which is listed as Order No.11 in today's Order Paper, but which you have since directed will come on Tuesday next week. Indeed, the House has resolved to sit until the conclusion of the Committee of Supply on Tuesday so as to pave way for other budget-related business that is dependent on the estimates. I, therefore, urge Members to be available in the House and to actively participate in the Committee of Supply where actual budget-making is undertaken. The approval of the estimates will be followed by the prioritisation of budget-related Bills, notably, the Finance Bill, 2025 and the Appropriation Bill, 2025. The House Business Committee will prioritise those Bills for consideration in the coming weeks, taking into consideration the statutory timelines applicable to the budget-making process. In order to accord priority to time-bound budget-related business, we have not scheduled any Cabinet Secretary to appear before the House to respond to Members' questions, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Orders 42A(5) and (6). I wish to reassure Members that we will resume Question Time as soon as we complete the budget-making process. Hon. Speaker, further to your Communication issued on 27th May 2025 regarding priority business for the Second Part of the Fourth Session, I wish to remind the House that, in line with Section 40 of the Public Finance Management Act, Cap. 412A, the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury and Economic Planning is scheduled to make a public pronouncement of the Budget Policy Highlights and Revenue-Raising Measures for the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for informationpurposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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