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    "content": "Hon. Members, I wish to make the following Communication regarding approval of the Annual Estimates. You will recall that on 11th June, 2013, I promised to give directions in relation to a point of order raised by hon. John Mbadi on the import of adoption of the Report of the Budget and Appropriations Committee on Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure for the Financial Year 2013/2014. The hon. Member also sought clarification on the implication of the decision of the House on the Report vis-à-vis the provisions of Article 221 of the Constitution, Section 39 of the Public Finance Management Act, 2012 and the requirement of the Standing Orders on the Committee of Supply. The Committee of Supply provides the alternative forum for the specific votes to be discussed and resolutions thereon made. Hon. John Mbadi argued that the moment the House adopts the Report of the Budget and Appropriations Committee on the Estimates, the consideration of those Estimates should not be reopened. In his view, what remains as the resolution of the House is the inclusion of Estimates as approved by the House, in the Appropriations Bill for consideration of the House. Hon. Members, before I give my guidance I wish to take the House through the salient features of the budget-making process as it concerns the National Assembly. Articles 173(3), 127(6)(c) and 221 of the Constitution require the Estimates of the Judiciary, the Parliamentary Service Commission and the National Government be submitted to the National Assembly for approval. Indeed, in respect of the Financial Year 2013/2014 this requirement was fulfilled on 30th April, 2013. In my view, the requirement at Article 221 of the Constitution that the Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure be submitted at least two months before the end of the financial year is"
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