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    "id": 975387,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, I have to refer to a number of documents, including the Report that the Hon. Member for Rarieda was speaking to. One of the issues that the Committee has also noted on the credibility of the BPS is that experience has shown that approving the BPS on an annual basis does not meet the original intention of the Medium Term Budget Framework Paper, which requires a multi-year perspective in determination of the resource envelope as well as expenditure allocations. This calls for holistic reforms in the budget process, including critically analysing the option of considering and approving the BPS after every three years rather than annually. Other than having to do the BPS annually, there are also constrains in terms of time as much as we appreciate that there are amendments to the PFM Act that will enable the House to have a little bit more time to consider the BPS. We are asking ourselves if it is really necessary, since we rely on the Ministry to do BPS annually. For instance, what we agreed on in the 2019/2020 BPS, if you look at what was projected for 2020/2021 and 2021/2022, you will not find the same thing replicated in this current BPS. That is why we are asking if this is really necessary. This is a debate this House needs to get into together with other stakeholders like the National Treasury, Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and the Government, on whether it is really necessary to do this on an annual basis or as MTEF where we do a BPS for a three-year period and stick to what we have agreed."
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