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    "id": 297227,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/297227/?format=api",
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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. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to second this Motion to faciliate access to the provision of Government services beyond 30th June, through the Vote on Account which is a provision that the framers of both the former and current Constitution and, indeed, all countries and companies on a global basis have all these provisions that pending the final approval of their budget, there is a mechanism through which people will access funding because that approval cannot be rushed because the year is coming to an end or the year is about to begin. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am very happy because of what we are just about to do. As I listened to the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade, I was almost getting very disturbed that we will rush the debate next week in terms of the approval just to meet a deadline. However, going the route we have taken by giving the Minister for Finance 50 per cent or up to 50 per cent of the money, we are saying here is the money so that the Government does not shut down. However, let us have maximum time between now and the end of August to ensure that the commitment he has given; that he will respect the Budget Committee to ensure that this Committee and the stakeholders have made sure that every single item has gone to the Vote that was agreed on; that that discussion is concluded fully and we get an Appropriation Act that reflects not just the Estimates by the Treasury but the wishes of this House; that that will now be facilitated. I am very happy that by taking this route, we will now be curing many issues. This is the last time that this will be happening in this transitional period because next year we will be operating within the new constitutional framework. These are some of the things that we need to take on board that by next week we will hopefully complete debate on the Public Financial Management Bill and probably bring some amendments to it between then and next year. That should close all these doors in terms of; what happens when? When does the Bill come? When does it get finalized and when does the Vote on Account come? Hopefully, we can even have the Appropriation Bill passed before the"
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