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    "id": 290390,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/290390/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mbadi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 110,
        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, on 26th April, 2012, the Minister for Finance did table what we believed were estimates of revenue and expenditure for the 2012/2013 Financial Year. We thought this was in compliance with Article 221 of the Constitution. I have since determined that the Minister only tabled estimates of expenditure. He did not table estimates of revenue. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the other document which he tabled accompanying the estimates of expenditure was a draft financial statement and budget framework outlook. This is purely a draft, a working document of the Ministry and not a formal document. So, I would ask the Chair to find that the Minister did not meet the constitutional provision. He did not comply with Article 221 of the Constitution which requires that the Minister not only tables the estimates of expenditure but also estimates of revenue for the following financial year, two months before the end of the financial year. I would ask the Chair to find that the Minister has not complied with that Article, and maybe to get explanation from the Ministry why they have not offered an explanation why they could not comply with Article 221 of the Constitution. What one would have expected was a book of revenue estimates detailing or based on various heads like Pay as You Earn, VAT, income tax on goods and services and all those roughly 14 revenue heads of the Government. So, I would like to ask the Chair to order for the compliance."
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