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    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "people’s representatives talk about the budget and criticise it. We will be in a position to move if necessary, any relevant amendments to the Budget Estimates. So, the Motion is increasing that period to nine days. Those nine days will be split into two: three days for the general debate and six days for the supply process in the Committee of the whole House similar to the procedure carried out when considering a Bill. Hon. Speaker, this Motion will be doing two things. The first and fundamental is that it is proposing a structural manner on how Members will speak during the debate. It will begin with the Chairperson of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, then the Chairpersons of Departmental Committees, then the leadership of the House and, lastly, the Members. I want Chairs to listen to me. If the House Business Committee decides that debate on the Budget will begin tomorrow afternoon, after the Chair of BAC, the next chance will be given to Chairpersons of Departmental Committees – 10 minutes each. They will speak about their departments and sectors on how much was allocated, how much is in the Budget, the reasons cuts were made and the reason increases were made. It is only after the Chairs have finished that the leadership will take the Floor and then other Members of the House. That is how this Motion is proposing. Secondly, this Motion will be increasing and allocating the speaking time to Members during the debate. It will give opportunity to more Members to speak to specific items of the Budget. Allow me say that this will allow the House a chance to do a second scrutiny and make firm decisions on the Budget. What the Chair of BAC said is very true: the most important day of the budget-making process is when the Chair of BAC moves the Budget Estimates for the 2018/2019 Financial Year. What the CS is coming to do on 14th is just to tell us how he is going to finance the Budget; what his tax measures are in terms of raising and reducing tax collection and how he is going to fill the deficit in the financing of this Budget. It is my sincere hope that Members will support this Motion. I urge you, Hon. Speaker, to guide this House on the process for general debate, the Committee on Supply and how to introduce and process amendments to the Estimates. I urge the House to conclude with the debate on the President’s Address today. We must finish it today. It is going to be the third day. I am sure we must have said each and everything about the President’s Speech by the rise of the House at 6.30 p.m. That is so that we begin and pave way for the consideration of the Budget Estimates and thereafter the Committee on Supply tomorrow morning or afternoon. It ought to be concluded by the time the CS is presenting his Budget highlights next week on Thursday. The Budget highlights which will be given by the CS on the 14th are not a Kenyan affair only. It is an East African Community (EAC) affair. So, it is not only anchored to our scenario or our Kenyan Budget. We cannot alter that date, which is going to be 14th Thursday, next week. Between tomorrow and Thursday next week, we must finish the process of debating the Budget and the process of dealing with the 24 departments in the Committee of Supply. I beg to move and ask my colleague, the Leader of the Minority Party, to second."
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