{"id":804930,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/804930/?format=json","text_counter":208,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Hon. Members, I thank the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury for having ably made his public pronouncement of the Budget highlights and the various revenue raising measures for the national Government for the Financial Year 2018/2019 and the medium term. I also wish to confirm that, in conformity with the provisions of Standing Order No.244(c), the Cabinet Secretary, as you have noticed the departure from the past, has submitted here in the Plenary the various documents, among them the proposed Finance Bill, 2018 and other legislative proposals necessary to actualise the revenue raising measures for the national Government for the said period. Hon. Members, it is now my pleasure to invite all Hon. Members, the CS for the National Treasury, other CSs and all other invited guests to a reception at the Parliament Yard hereafter. Since tomorrow is a public holiday to mark Idd ul Fitr, I must also, in keeping with my tradition, wish all our Muslim brothers and sisters a Happy Eid Mubarak ."}