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    "id": 553268,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. I wish Hon. Chepkong’a was here this morning. These matters were canvassed by Hon. Jakoyo and many of us here. You made a serious Communication because you tasked chairpersons of committees to bring amendments on behalf of Members. I want to take the House through the timelines in the budget making process and the reason why we recalled the House to a special session. That is because Kenya signed certain obligations to its neighbours. The Budget will be read on 11th June this year. We are resuming on 9th June. Parliament usually gives the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for National Treasury between seven to 10 days to adjust the estimates based on the various adjustments the Parliamentary committees have suggested. What he will read to the country on 11th of June will be something that carries the input of the Parliamentary committees as presented by the Budget and Appropriations Committee. We have agreed this morning and I am sure we need to move ahead because if we postpone this debate today and we are on a special session - we are coming back on 9th of June - that means we will have only one day left because the day he is coming to read the speech, he must also bring the printed estimates with all the adjustments of the Budget and Appropriations Committee. He cannot do that in one or two days. I would ask, as per the direction you gave this morning, that as we debate, Hon. Chepkong’a and the Budget and Appropriations Committee Chair--- What he raises is valid, but I wish he was here in the morning. In future as you said, and that is why we have the Liaison Committee in this House that brings together all the chairs of all committees. So, the Liaison Committee and the CS should sit down in the presence of the Budget and Appropriations Committee Chair. I agree that all of us in respective committees take consideration of Members’ contributions. If they say “reduce” in their report, they have reasons why a reduction is being done. If they say “increase”, they have reasons. There is no provision in the Standing Orders where Budget and Appropriations Committee has a veto power. That must come out very clearly. The Budget and Appropriations Committee must undertake consensus-building with other committees based on what they"
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