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    "content": "are the committees. Obviously, it is fair to appreciate that we need to look at those timelines and see whether they really make sense or we are expecting that any particular segment of the House, either the Departmental Committees or Budget and Appropriations Committee, are going to be rubber stamps, a situation which I think none of us is keen to go back to. We need to appreciate that. Coming specifically to this issue because it is--- I know there are several of you who had indicated that you still had issues you wanted to raise. However, Hon. Members, remember we have to get the HANSARD record of what you have said to make the ruling. So, we cannot debate endlessly. We have sufficient material. I wish to draw the attention of the House to one aspect; that is Standing Order No. 235(6) about the Report by the Budget and Appropriations Committee which is adopted by the House with or without amendments. The point I would want to make is that any such amendments to this Report can only emanate from a Committee. It is not the kind of amendment that we will allow from individual Members. This is because it is fair to appreciate each Departmental Committee has sat and deliberated on the estimates in keeping with their respective mandates. Therefore, it would not be fair for individual Members to come on the Floor and claim to propose amendments. If there are any amendments proposed, those amendments must come from the particular Departmental Committee. What this means is that if a Committee intends to propose an amendment later in the afternoon, the amendment should be in the Clerk’s Office in the next one hour so that we can consider it and have it distributed to Members for them to see what you are proposing. Let it not be the kind of amendment that is raised on the Floor. We need Members to understand what you as a Committee had recommended so that, as was rightly observed by Hon. Dalmas Otieno, the House will then inform itself whether to agree with you as the committee concerned or to agree with the Budget and Appropriations Committee. The ball is still in your courts. For now, debate must continue on the Motion as moved by Hon. Mutava Musyimi. Hon. Chris Wamalwa."
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