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    "id": 43058,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Abdikadir",
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        "legal_name": "Abdikadir Hussein Mohamed",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, the same applies to the Executive. The Executive is saved under the old Constitution, but there are certain things which the Constitution has let go. We are supposed to operate under the Constitution because we have only one Constitution. If we agree to the contention that Article 221 is operative, which is the view that the Legal Counsel of Parliament, which the Budget Committee sought opinion from, has, and the Budget Committee of this House is also of that view; if we are of the view that Article 221 is operative, which the Minister, the Budget Committee and the Legal Counsel of Parliament said it is, then we are in the new dispensation as far as the Budget is concerned. Article 221 deals with the Budget. The Budget Statement and the Appropriations Bill come to the House through a Committee of this House. Currently, the Ministers are in the House. So, really, this is an issue of transition and my opinion is that it really touches on Article 221. If we all agree that Article 221 is operative, the Budget process is under the new dispensation. Article 221 says as follows:- “221. (1) At least two months before the end of each financial year, the Cabinet Secretary responsible for finance shall submit to the National Assembly estimates of the revenue and expenditure of the national government for the next financial year to be tabled in the National Assembly.’’"
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