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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mulu",
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        "legal_name": "Benson Makali Mulu",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. Maybe the explanation is not very clear. Let me help in terms of explaining the essence of this amendment. Hon. Members, you realise that as a House, we have been given a bigger mandate in terms of budget-making. The experience has been that when the BPS is presented to this House, and that happens in the month of February, the House is left with minimal time to analyse the budget and be able to give the right advice as representatives of the people. So, this amendment is trying to do two important things. The first one is to have a legal framework which allows the National Treasury to present the BPS earlier than February so that we can have more time to look at the statement. The second import of this amendment is we are saying, as a House, that we have been passing the BPS, and resolutions of the House have not been adhered to when we get the annual estimates. So, we are saying that when this amendment passes, we will have more time, as a 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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