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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Okemo",
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        "legal_name": "Chrysanthus Barnabas Okemo",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will support the Motion because practical considerations force me to do so. For the Government to run, it needs money. So, it is basically a ritual. Since we cannot change anything at this point in time, I just wish to comment that the need and the urgency for the Budget Office is compelling. The reason for that is that we would not be going through these lamentations and the Government being on the defence while we try to punch holes in the Budget. It would have been a consultative process right from the word go. That is what we in the Finance Committee saw when we went to the United States of America (USA). Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in the USA, the Budget is prepared six months in advance. From the time the Budget is prepared by the Executive to the time it is brought to Parliament, there are about six months of consultations between the Legislature and the Executive. That is sufficient time for the two arms of Government to consult, so that what is brought here is a negotiated document that has everybody's input. So, we would just be bringing it here to pass it as a formality. Our procedures here are such that the Executive prepares the Budget almost single-handedly, then 1578 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES June 22, 2006 they bring it here and in one afternoon, we have to pass it with very little input from a very important arm of Government; the legislature."
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