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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "However, it will be difficult for the Chair not to receive Messages when they come as Messages. The requirement and the responsibility of the Chair is to communicate those Messages and then the rest is left to the House to deal with. Unfortunately, this is happening even with regard to Motions. You can see clearly that certain proposals in Motions will result in imposition of expenditure of public funds. If, indeed, any Member wishes to move any Motion or a Bill that he or she knows will result in imposition of an expenditure of public funds, the Budget and Appropriations Committee ought to look at it. I have not seen any Motion or Bill brought by any Member that proposes imposition of a tax. They are on expenditure. If, indeed, it has those kinds of implications in any of its provisions, so as to comply with Article 114 of the Constitution, it is fair that the Budget and Appropriations Committee looks at the proposal and in turn consults with the Cabinet Secretary in charge of the National Treasury. That is the requirement. If we do not follow those requirements, we shall be acting in vain. We will pass Bills which will not be implementable because they did not comply with those constitutional requirements. That Bill has been referred to the Committee and the Committee should feel free to look at it and in consultations with the Budget and Appropriations Committee, as I have directed, make whatever reports they find appropriate in that regard."
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