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"content": "(i) The Elections Offences (Amendment) Bill, 2024. (ii) The Elections (Amendment) Bill, 2024. (iii) The Statutory Instruments (Amendment) Bill, 2024. (iv) The Political Parties (Amendment) Bill, 2024. Given the importance of these Bills emanating from the bipartisan process, the Senate Majority Leader and the Senate Minority Leader agreed to co-sponsor the Bills. The Bills were subsequently published on 7th March, 2024 and read a First Time in the Senate on 20th March, 2024. The Bills having been read a First Time, were committed to the Standing Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights. In line with the requirements of Standing Order No.145, the Committee published, in two newspapers of national circulation, an advertisement on Friday, 19th April, 2024, calling for submission of memoranda on the said Bills, with the deadline for submission of the memoranda being scheduled for Friday, 3rd May, 2024. Hon. Senators, on 22nd April, 2024, I received a letter from the Senate Minority Leader, Reference No. SEN/MLS/SOS/2024/005, expressing concern as to the content of the following Bills as published- (i) The Elections Offences (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bills No.9 of 2024). (ii) The Elections (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bills No.11 of 2024). (iii) The Political Parties (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bills No.13 of 2024)."
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"content": "(Sen. Abass consulted loudly)"
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"content": "Sen. Abass, you may have to listen carefully to what I am communicating. Given the gravity of this matter, the Senate Business Committee (SBC) at its meeting held on Tuesday, 30th April, 2024 deliberated on the matter and resolved that corrective measures be taken as a matter of urgency in line with what had been agreed upon in the Report of the National Dialogue Committee. This being the case, I direct that further consideration of the three aforementioned Bills be ceased in order to facilitate the corrective measures. For avoidance of doubt, the Standing Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights (JLAC) is directed to stop any form of public participation and the on-going receipt of memoranda. In this respect, I direct the Office of the Clerk to liaise with the Senate Majority Leader and the Senate Minority Leader to have the said Bills corrected and republished for introduction in the Senate. I thank you."
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"content": "(Several Senators walked into the Chamber)"
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"content": "Take your seat, hon. Senators. I have a further Communication to make."
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"content": "The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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"content": "VISITING DELEGATION FROM TUMAINI VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS ASSOCIATION OF 1998 USA EMBASSY BOMBING"
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"content": "Hon. Senators, I would like to acknowledge the presence, in the Speaker’s Gallery this afternoon, of representatives from Tumaini Victims and Survivors Association of the 1998 United States of America (USA) Embassy bombing in Nairobi. The representatives are in the Senate on a courtesy call by the Ad Hoc Committee on Compensation to the Kenyan Victims of the 1998 Bombing of the USA Embassy in Nairobi."
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"content": "Hon. Senators, in our usual tradition of receiving and welcoming visitors to Parliament, I extend a warm welcome to the delegation. On behalf of the Senate and my own behalf, I wish them a fruitful visit. I do not see the Chairperson of the Ad Hoc Committee. Is the Vice-Chairperson present? If not, then I will call upon the Senate Majority Leader, in under one minute, to welcome the delegation."
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"content": " Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. On behalf of my colleagues in the Senate, I welcome the Tumaini team that is visiting us. They are aware that we are in the process of concluding on a Motion that was moved here by the Senator for Machakos, Sen. Agnes Kavindu. They have made tremendous progress with regard to securing their compensation and trying to find ways within which we can make sure that we at least walk in their footsteps, as we find ways of relieving the pain that they have lived with for quite a long time. Therefore, I assure them that on behalf of this House, we shall do everything that is possible and within our reach to ensure that they eventually get justice."
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