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    "id": 613287,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Midiwo",
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        "legal_name": "Washington Jakoyo Midiwo",
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    "content": "If there is any change, the Departmental Committee Chairpersons will have to go back to their Committees. I used to blame the Members of the Budget and Appropriations Committee but I have since realised that the way the Standing Orders are crafted gives an open cheque to that Committee. I was a Member of the Finance Committee, which was the mother of the Budget and Appropriations Committee. What the Budget and Appropriations Committee seems to be doing, or instituting as their role, is not what was envisaged when we founded that Committee. Therefore, instead of blaming each other, we should let bygones be bygones. I plead that it should not be a contest when we form a new committee. We should change the Standing Orders and create a Budget and Appropriations Committee whose membership should be Chairpersons of the Committees that do the Budgeting. That way, every Member will be satisfied and this problem will disappear. As it is now, the Standing Orders give the Budget and Appropriations Committee an open 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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