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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, I have heard sufficient material on that topic. It is clear that we need to have a constant review of our own rules not least, of course, in the areas I mentioned earlier. It is also important, as has been said by Hon. Dalmas Otieno, that we constantly remind ourselves of some of the provisions that we have put in the various processes, particularly the Constitution. Remember that even when we looked at the Standing Orders, we specifically referred to Article 153(3) of the Constitution that says that a Cabinet Secretary shall appear before a Committee of the National Assembly or the Senate to answer questions on matters for which the Cabinet Secretary is responsible. There can never be anything more important than the budget of a Ministry. That has been amplified by several of you. It is a matter that we need to constantly remind ourselves about. How do we keep improving? How do we improve the current processes that we have? You have heard the Chairperson of the Budget and Appropriations Committee lament about the very short time that he has within which to bring reports to the House. Remember the date of not later than 30th of April of every year is in the Constitution. However, through our own actions as a House we need to compel those in the Treasury to appreciate that it says “not later than”. Some of these strictures are happening in the House because they think “not later than” means on 30th of April. Year in, year out they deliver the estimates around 30th of April and then the other processes kick in. That is the 21 days within which these reports are to be considered by the various Departmental Committees and the public hearings. The Budget and Appropriations Committee is required to conduct public hearings, so"
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