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    "id": 801970,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/801970/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ng’ongo",
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        "id": 110,
        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "Estimates. We expect the Cabinet Secretary to appear on Thursday next week before Parliament and the people of Kenya to read the Budget highlights and revenue raising measures. Before that is done, we thought it would be decent if we agreed on the Expenditure Estimates because, if the Government has to spell out how to raise money, they must raise money to finance something. You cannot expect the CS to tell us that we will be raising Kshs2.5 trillion yet Parliament has not decided the amount of expenditure that should be incurred for the next financial year. Basically, that is why we felt that we should start this debate this morning and if possible finish it by tomorrow afternoon sitting. Allow me just to say one more thing to prepare this House. I am sure the House is aware that we are likely to proceed on a short recess between 12th and 24th July and go for a long recess on 31st August. We want to use the limited time that we have between now and 31st August to finish issues of Budget Estimates. We have even created the Committee of Supplies and then we will have to deal with the Finance Bill. The Leader of the Majority Party is also aware that there is tax law that is coming which is supposed to be merged with the Finance Bill, so that there is no inconsistency. So, this House has a packed programme that the leadership may call upon Members to put in extra hours just to be able to discharge our major responsibility to this nation of Budget oversight. Thank you. I second."
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