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    "content": "(v) THAT, county oversight resources for Operations &Maintenance by the Senate be disbursed through the county offices framework in the next financial year, commencing from 1st July, 2019. As Members may be aware, these Second Supplementary Budget Estimates were tabled on the Floor of the House on 9th May 2019 which is less than two months to the end of the Financial Year. The practice of submitting two Supplementary Budgets in single financial year is one that has persisted since the year 2014/2015, when the national Government first started submitting two supplementary estimates in one financial year. The Budget and Appropriations Committee is concerned that multiple supplementary budgets in a single year tend to weaken the fiscal position of a Government and undermine the credibility of the budgeting process as Government policies are likely to end up being poorly implemented or completely abandoned along the way. Indeed, international best practice discourages multiple supplementary budgets The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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