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    "content": "that will have a very huge impact on the fiscal deficit and the Budget Policy Statement that we passed in this House at the beginning of March; the proposals will also have an impact on the entire fiscal framework of the country and the economy. They have not had the opportunity to interrogate issues that this House, through the departmental committees interrogated. This then leaves us in a very awkward situation. Therefore, I want to urge the House that we reject all these amendments that are proposed by the Senate. We understand where the Senate is coming from because they have a constitutional mandate to protect the counties. They have a duty and a responsibility to protect the interests of the counties, but the interests of the counties cannot and should never override our national interests. When Hon. (Maj.) Waluke sits on the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations or the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security, there are huge national interest considerations that that Committee takes into account in considering how much money to appropriate to those sectors of the national Government. Therefore, as much as we understand where the Senate is coming from, I want to urge the House to reject totally all these amendments. This may give both Houses an opportunity to go into mediation and be able to reason together and see – in a give and take situation – what we are able to give and what we are able to take back from them. I, therefore, urge the House to reject all these amendments. That will give us a second opportunity to sit with our colleagues in the Senate, not to fight, but to reason together. This is because even the holy book tells us that if we reason together…. I am certain that we will be able to reason together with our colleagues in the Senate and arrive at figures that will not distort the fiscal framework that we have and will not distort the Budget ceilings that we passed in the BPS. With that, I beg to move and plead with Members that they do agree with us that we reject all these amendments in totality. I want to ask Hon. Makali Mulu to second. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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