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    "content": "Thursday, 22nd February, 2018. After the report of the Standing Committee on Finance and Budget on the Budget Policy Statement is tabled, the Senate will then be expected to debate and approve the report of the Committee, pursuant to Standing Order 174(7) of the Senate Standing Orders, by 28th February, 2018. Honourable Senators, pursuant to section 25(8) of the Public Finance Management Act, the Cabinet Secretary of the National Treasury is expected to take into account resolutions passed by Parliament in finalizing the budget for the relevant financial year. For the Senate, this means that any proposals that Senators have regarding the Division of Revenue Bill and the County Allocation of Revenue Bill, including funds for conditional allocations to the counties, should be canvassed and be factored in the report of the Senate on the Budget Policy Statement, failure to which, it will be difficult, for divergent views to be accommodated later, in the substantive consideration of the two Bills. I, therefore, urge all Honourable Senators to prioritize the scrutiny of the Budget Policy Statement, taking into consideration our most important function of safeguarding devolution. I thank you."
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