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    "id": 625252,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Laboso",
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        "legal_name": "Joyce Cherono Laboso",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for forewarning the House about my short intervention. You remember that we were unable to constitute the Budget and Appropriations Committee and its tasks fell on the Liaison Committee. I feel we should give the House the status of what has happened up to this point because of the timelines involved. We have so far held six meetings to consider the Budget Policy Statement (BPS). During those meetings, we have been able to meet with the following stakeholders:- (i) Departmental Committees. (ii) The Auditor-General. (iii) Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC). (iv) Commission for Revenue Allocation (CRA) (v) The National Treasury. Due to the limitation of time and the fact that this was a relatively complex and new task for the Liaison Committee, we request the House to give us an extension of time. We were supposed to present our report today, but for the facts that I have mentioned, we ask the House to allow us to conclude the report and present the same on Thursday. That will be in order considering, as I have said, the members of the Liaison Committee have been involved in a new task. It is also the same Chairpersons of Committees who have been involved with meeting stakeholders in their own Committees. I believe this is not an unreasonable request from the Committee and I believe we will get concurrence from the House. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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