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    "id": 714834,
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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": "has necessitated several changes in the budget cycle and budget-making process of the National Assembly. The Budget is being prepared under a revised budget calendar that takes into account the preparation for the General Election in 2017. The National Assembly and the National Treasury have already set the ball rolling for next year’s Budget including the approval of the relevant budget related items. This afternoon, we will deal with the Budget Policy Statement for the 2017/2018 Financial Year, which is one of the items which are ordinarily submitted to the House in February. The House Business Committee, in its wisdom, formulated a calendar for this year’s Budget in consultation with the National Treasury. We are planning to ensure that by 24th January 2017, the draft budget estimates for the 2017/2018 Financial Year, the Division of Revenue Bill, 2017 and the County Allocation of Revenue Bill 2017 will have been published and read the First Time. This means altering the calendar of the House to allow for the consideration of all the budget related items of the 2017/2018 Financial Year. We are only coming back two weeks early from the initial date of 7th February, 2018. My colleagues who were in the 10th Parliament will agree with me that the Fifth Session is usually precipitated by lack of quorum. I am sure with the party nominations being done early next year and many of the election timelines falling due in the months of February, March and April, we might have serious quorum hitches in approving the Budget for 2017/2018 Financial Year and any other important national agenda. This Motion confirms and indicates that Parliament is fully in charge of its calendar. The days when you are not sure whether you will finish your five-year term, when Parliament will be sent home-- The Constitution of Kenya, 2010 gave Parliament independence in its true meaning and it is fully in charge of its calendar. With those remarks, I beg to move and ask my deputy, Hon. Naomi Shaban, to second."
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