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"speaker_name": "Kikuyu, JP",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I was just noting that the time that we have between now and when we go on recess on 5th December, 2019 is too limited for us to process these Estimates. As I had indicated earlier, from what the Leader of the Majority Party has tabled, these Supplementary Estimates are likely to have a very huge impact on the Budget as was approved by this House. Therefore, it is recommended that the Departmental Committees be briefed by the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO), meet with their ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs), prepare and adopt their respective committee reports and submit them to the Budget and Appropriations Committee by 22nd November, 2019. It is important especially for the Chairs of Departmental Committees to take note of the timeline. The Budget and Appropriations Committee is ready to start briefing committees as early as this Thursday. We expect that they will meet with their MDAs and prepare their reports - hopefully by Wednesday this week - so that we shall be ready as a Committee to listen to any Chair during the Thursday morning hours who will have his report ready by Thursday next week, as much as we are talking about 22nd November. We will only have Friday to meet all Chairs. Therefore, as I indicated, the time is very limited. It is good that the Chairs liaise with the PBO to have their briefs ready. It will enable the Budget and Appropriations Committee to carry out other engagements. Hon. Speaker, as you are aware, as the Chair of the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC), we must also meet with the PSC to review the Supplementary Estimates for the PSC and Parliament. We intend to have a comprehensive report back to this House on Tuesday 26th November, prepare the Appropriations Bill and have it approved by 5th December 2019, as the House goes on recess. In this regard, I encourage the Departmental Committees to undertake thorough sectoral reviews and come up with feasible recommendations. As such, the Budget and"
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