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    "id": 666445,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, I totally agree with the Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, but both he and his colleague, Dr. Makali, who has worked at the National Treasury for many years, have left out something. Hon. Gumbo said that what this House has passed as the BPS should not be contradicted in terms of the figures. The Public Finance Management (PFM) Act, 2012, in Section 25(8) says that if the CS deviates from what was presented in the BPS, he shall contend with what the House does. Before the House approves the BPS, the CS is supposed to table a Memorandum explaining any deviations. I confirm that the CS did so via a document tabled in this House. Therefore, the issue is resolved. Of course, the issues raised by Hon. Makali are food for thought. How can we cheat our BPS? The law is very clear. If you read the Report, some of the changes came because of the austerity measures he has put in place while some of them are due to the new rationalisation of Government departments. An Executive order came after the CS and the Liaison Committee had dealt with the BPS. Government departments were rationalised. That might have raised the figures."
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