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    "id": 22809,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kimunya",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Transport",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 174,
        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
        "slug": "amos-kimunya"
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, if hon. Mbadi was a bit patient, I was going to explain that process when I said that we are in a unique situation. This is the first time we are doing the Budget under the new Constitution. The Constitution basically provides that once the Estimates have been laid before the House, they will go to the Budget Committee which will also listen to the views of the people and bring a report to Parliament with its recommendations. The Constitution then moves on to say that once the Budget Estimates have been approved by the House, an Appropriation Bill will be presented. So, the Budget Committee did its bit by presenting the recommendations and those recommendations did not just stay in the House. Indeed, they were then followed up through discussion with the Office of Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Finance and to the extent possible, between the Committee and the Office of Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Finance, the appropriate changes have been made. Now, to move to the next stage of approval of the Estimates---"
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