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    "id": 724570,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/724570/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mulu",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Benson Makali Mulu",
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    "content": "I was just saying that we may need to reword it. This is a matter of drafting. Procedurally, we need to get the information right. The PBO should write through the Clerk because that is the normal procedure in Parliament. So, it is a matter of wording. I do not think you want the Director, PBO, to write directly to the Treasury. It has to be through the normal procedure. To me, this amendment is very important because the PBO assists Parliamentary Committees on matters of the Budget in analysing, forecasting and all other important issues of the Budget. It is important that when they request for information from any Government agency, that information is provided so that the PBO can share the same information with Parliamentary Committees for the sake of effective analysis of the Budget. When the information is not shared, then the Committees do not have the information. I have seen a situation where there has been an exchange in terms of we are not getting the right information and then we cannot analyse budgets from an informed position. So, this amendment is very important, more so in ensuring that Parliament carries out its mandate in the budgeting process quite effectively. I want to support this amendment."
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