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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Michuki",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister of State for Administration and National Security",
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        "legal_name": "John Njoroge Michuki",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for reminding the hon. Member that he has an obligation to protect my right to say what I am saying. A new definition has come in about the Budget. This has come about because it must suit certain pre-conceived philosophies that must be introduced into the budgeting system in Kenya. I have already given my understanding of the Budget, and I want to add another way of looking at it, that is that it is a plan. A Budget is a plan of systematic spending. It is not a process, because a process is what leads you to form a Budget. Therefore, it cannot be the Budget. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, why is it necessary, under this Clause, that this Bill, if it is passed, and I hope it will not be--- I like being very candid when I speak about public affairs. What is it that is so serious that even the President has to be forced to sign this Bill within 90 days, as if it was a constitutional obligation? He must be made to sign within 90 days! Is there anything that we do not see out of these proposals? The proposer will obviously tell us, because we need to be educated about this. Our own experience and knowledge is at variance with the provisions of this Bill. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if you look at Clause 4 of the Bill, it says: \"In pursuit of its policy objectives, the Government shall adhere to the following principles of prudent fiscal management\". Unless we are talking about something else other than the Budget, if we are talking about semantics, that is another thing altogether. But if we are talking about a Budget, what exactly do you put in the Budget, so that you are prudent? How do you interpret the word \"prudent\" within that budgetary provision?"
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