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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ogindo",
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        "legal_name": "Martin Otieno Ogindo",
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    "content": "“Every person has an obligation to respect, uphold and defend this Constitution.” Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to further refer you to Standing Order No.152, which reads:- “(1) Upon being laid before the National Assembly, the Annual Estimates shall stand committed to the respective Departmental Committees according to their mandates.” (2) Each Departmental Committee shall consider, discuss, review the Estimates committed to it under this Standing Order and submit its report thereon to the House within 21 days after they are first laid before the House.” Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is important that this House does not undermine itself. I want to thank the Minister for his Budget Speech yesterday. But that Budget Speech was delivered under circumstances that said “Presentation of the Financial Statement for the Fiscal Year 2011/2012, pursuant to Standing Order No.148(1) and (2).” We have agreed that the Constitution has since changed. It is imperative that we comply with the Constitution. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the import of Article 221(4) is to allow this House to discuss and review the Financial Statement. The Motion that the Minister is just about to move reads:- “THAT, the Financial Statements and other documents tabled on Wednesday June, 8, 2011 for the Fiscal Year 2011/2012, be referred to the Budget Committee.” The substance of this Motion is the discussion of the Financial Statement. I heard the Deputy Leader of Government Business say that this being the First Allotted Day, in his programmes, Tuesday shall be another Allotted Day to discuss the Financial Statement. Those were his words. That means that the substance of this Motion is the discussion of the Financial Statement. Upon the Budget Committee going through this Financial Statement, it is required that the same Committee makes a Report to this House, which shall be debated and subsequently approved. But if we allow this House to debate this Financial Statements now, first, it is going to undermine the work of the Committee. Secondly, it is going to subject this House to double-debate on the same subject. More importantly, it is going to be a breach of the Constitution."
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