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    "id": 531556,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/531556/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Otucho",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 12837,
        "legal_name": "Mary Emaase Otuch",
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    "content": "The focus of the hearings was to use the information when reviewing key policy and budgetary documents including the Budget Review and Outlook Paper submitted to Parliament by 30th September. This is as well as the Budget Policy Statement, which was submitted by 15th February together with the Division of Revenue Bill. Through this process, the Committee received invaluable input from the public which has been instrumental in arriving at the vertical allocation of resources as proposed in the Division of Revenue Bill, 2015. Having considered the Bill and in order to provide guidelines to the relevant spending units in budgeting for the respective functions, the Committee recommended that:- 1. Parliament processes the Division of Revenue Bill in an expedient manner to give firm direction to both levels of the Government on the share of the national revenue due to them respectively to use when finalising their budgets for the Financial Year 2015/2016. 2. The County Allocation of Revenue Bill be introduced in a timely manner to give counties direction on their respective share of nationally raised revenue for use when preparing their respective Estimates of Expenditure for the Financial Year 2015/2016. It is important that we conclude the process in time to give county assemblies time to develop their budgets. By so doing, we shall ensure that people get services in good time and counties do their disbursements in time. Once this process is delayed, then the entire Budget process is delayed."
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