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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, in line with your ruling last year that what we expect the Minister to do on a day like this was simply to read a statement on policy which is basically a Ministerial Statement and not a speech on Budget Estimates because those are believed to have already been tabled in the House and that was done on 26th April, 2012, I would like the Chair to rule if the Minister is going to give us a Ministerial Statement on policy issues or he is going to give a Budget Speech as was usually the case before the promulgation of the current Constitution. If this is a Ministerial Statement, it would be clear to explain to us why this should take precedence over any other business of the House and yet it is just a Ministerial Statement. Finally and more fundamentally, why do we have to have a three days debate on a mere Ministerial Statement spelling out the policy issues of Government? However, if the Minister is going to present Estimates, then how is this going to compare with the Estimates that were tabled in the House on 26th April which the Budget Committee of Parliament asked in line with Article 221(5)(6) of the Constitution which spells out how the Budget Committee should listen to presentations from Kenyans and then make a report to the House?The Budget Committee duly, indeed, as per the requirement of the Constitution and this House has already adopted the report on the Estimates on revenue and expenditure. If the Minister, therefore, is going to give another statement on"
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