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(iii) Scrutiny and examination of the Budget Policy Statement submitted to the National Assembly;
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iv) Discussing and reviewing the estimates and making recommendations to the House;
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(v) Examining Bills related to the national Budget, including the Appropriations Bills.
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The Constitution in Article 221 details the processing of the Budget Estimates through the relevant Committee of the National Assembly which is the Budget and Appropriations Committee. Indeed, Section 39 of the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act, 2012 provides that the National Assembly shall consider the estimates of revenue and expenditure guided by the Budget and Appropriations Committee. This implies that the Budget and Appropriations Committee guides the National Assembly in scrutinising and approving the fiscal framework. This entails projected revenue, including anticipated revenue raising measures that shall be introduced through annual Finance Bill loans and grants, and the total ...
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which is already approved. Hence, assessment of the likely implication to the approved Budget Estimates should be conducted by the relevant committee of the National Assembly.
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There are matters which I seek your clarification on. They are:
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(i) What aspects of taxation and revenue are shared between the Budget and Appropriations Committee and the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning? How can those aspects be processed in an efficient, effective and amicable manner to ensure the fiscal framework is shielded from distortion?
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(ii) According to the Standing Orders, the Public Finance Management Act, 2012 and the Constitution, when we are processing the Finance Bill and it emerges that a Member intends to introduce amendments, which of the two Committees should be charged with the responsibility of assessing the implication of such proposals, in view of Article 114 of the Constitution 2010?
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(iii) Is there a distinction between tax policy and tax revenue raising measures in the Finance Bill? If so, which Committee is charged with the mandate and responsibility of addressing them, in view of the provisions of the Standing Orders and PFM Act?
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Thank you, Hon. Speaker.
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