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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Musyimi",
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    "content": "We were at pains as we discussed that matter but I am here today to plead with hon. Members to support this report. It is in the best interests of this country going forward. We support devolution and I believe all of us do cross to both sides of the aisle. The struggle for this Constitution, for those who perhaps may not know, was a struggle by all of us and all of our people. That struggle was a struggle that was won principally when we put devolution as part of our architecture of Government. I stand here today to plead with the hon. Members. I know that the amounts being requested are high. I hope I can persuade you that we can get that money from somewhere. I will make my humble proposal as I close. Bottom line is that there would be uncertainty and a crisis; the problem of our usual political brinkmanship and positioning, if we do not support this Bill. On the way forward as I close, I would suggest that we have an opportunity to take seriously the socio-economic audit that is taking place. I feel very proud to be part of this Assembly that approved and saw the need for a socio-economic audit. Those of us who were chairs of committees, or, indeed, Members of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, would know that there are tough wars that have been created by ambiguities in the way some of the mandates were crafted in our Constitution and in our laws. We sat here on Thursday afternoon and we listened and watched those being played out and I will be saying a bit more about that in the afternoon. We need to take the socio-economic audit of the Constitution very seriously; I hope when we come to the issue of the mandate of the Senate vis-a-vis the mandate of the National Assembly with respect to Budget making process, that matter will be put to rest once and for all. Secondly, I wish to say there would be need to review and consider legislation and our own Standing Orders for the future, including realistic timelines in Budget making. Part of the problem that we have today is that enough time has not been factored into the process of budgeting and it becomes, as I said, very difficult to manage. especially when you are chairing this Committee and chairing the other Committee. The timelines are quite simply brutal. Thirdly, I would be recommending the fast-tracking of the enactment of the proposed Public Finance Management (Amendment) Act, 2015 that incorporates a provision The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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