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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Makali Mulu (",
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    "content": "At the same time, we must also appreciate the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC). If you read through this budget, the PSC released a lot of resources to support COVID-19 related activities. That cannot be assumed. Before I go to the technical issue, I want to remind the House that we passed the Budget Policy Statement (BPS) in February. We approved some amendments to the tax laws in April. We are discussing the Budget Estimates now. It is obvious that the BPS and Budget Estimates are not aligned because we had to factor in the Economic Stimulus Programmes and emergency response issues. As we move forward, there will be challenges in achieving the projected revenue in the country. I propose that as a House, we need to keep a keen eye on the following. Having reduced some of the tax rates, we have to be very careful in the way we collect our taxes. Otherwise, we will not achieve the targets. On that note then, there will also be need to look at the projected targets and outputs as per the current budget. Because of this nature of the budget-making process, we did not align the targets and outputs with the amendments that The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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