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    "content": "which comprises of Chairpersons of Committees has been performing all the functions of the Budget and Appropriations Committee. This has been a very daunting task for that Committee. Hon. Speaker, as you have guided the House today, we will be receiving the Estimates of Expenditure and Revenue. This again, will be referred to the various departmental committees. That means that chairs and committee members will have to scrutinize the itemized budget for the whole of the month of May when we will be on recess. When we come back in the first week of June, the Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury will be in a position to read the Budget. Members will agree with me that the very important functions that are done by the Budget and Appropriations Committee - outside dealing with its core mandate - are Private Members Bills, Motions and issues that touch on Article 124 on money Bills. I am sure that, in the long list, you have seen Members being moved to various Committees and also to the Budget and Appropriations Committee. I am sure that, as leaders, we have tried our best. Close to 60 per cent of the Members of the Budget and Appropriations Committee are new. Others were left there to give it institutional, historical memory and their expertise. So, it is a straightforward Motion. I will ask if the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare or the Minority Whip--- By virtue of being the Chair or the Leader of the Minority Party one does not qualify to be in the leadership, Hon. Ken Obura. Leadership is not given just like that. It may be through prayers. In the next Parliament, you might be the Leader of the Majority or Minority Party. I thank Hon. Mwadeghu and Hon. Katoo most sincerely. They burnt the midnight oil to deal with this. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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