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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Deputy Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, before we go to the next Order, I would like to give a communication on guidance on non-compliance of certain proposed amendments to the Finance Bill 2019, with provisions of Article 114 of the Constitution and Standing Order No.133. This communication relates to business appearing as Order No.9 in today’s Order Paper, being Committee of the whole House on the Finance Bill (National Assembly Bill No.51 of 2019). As you may have observed, the Notices annexed to today’s Order Paper contain several amendments that have been proposed to the said Bill both by the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning, which has sponsored the Bill and individual Members. Before the House proceeds to the Committee of the whole House, I wish to provide guidance relating to consideration of the proposed amendments by the Committee of the whole House. As you are aware, it is now an established practice under the Constitution that considering any matter that may occasion financial implication on public funds, the House is bound by provisions of Article 114(2) of the Constitution. For clarity, the Article provides as follows: “If, in the opinion of the Speaker of the National Assembly, a Motion makes provisions for a matter listed in definition of ‘a money Bill’, the Assembly may proceed only in accordance with the recommendation of the relevant Committee after taking into account the views of the Cabinet Secretary responsible for Finance. Hon. Members, you will agree with me that the intention of this provision was to ensure that, in as much as this House reserves the power to determine revenue raising measures, it does not commit the Government without taking cognizance of the fiscal policy and considerations of the national Government. In this regard, I have applied my mind to the amendments proposed by the Members to the Finance Bill, 2019, some of which is intended to make provisions touching on matters listed in the definition of a ‘Money Bill’ pursuant to the provisions of Article 114(2) of the Constitution."
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