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"content": "COMMITTAL OF DIFFERENT PROVISIONS OF THE BUSINESS LAWS (AMENDMENT) BILL 2024 TO VARIOUS DEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEES"
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"content": "(Several Members walked into the Chamber)"
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"content": "Hon. Members on your feet, take your seats."
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"content": "Hon. Members, I have a communication to make on the committal of different provisions of the Business Laws (Amendment) Bill 2024 to various Departmental Committees. The Business Laws (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.49 of 2024), sponsored by the Leader of the Majority Party, Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah, was read for the First Time during today's morning Sitting. The Bill seeks to amend nine Acts of Parliament: the Banking Act Cap.488; the Central Bank Act Cap.499; the Microfinance Act Cap.493C; the Standards Act Cap.496; the Kenya Accreditation Service Act Cap.496A; the Scrap Metal Act Cap.503; the Special Economic Zones Act Cap.517A; the Kenya Industrial Research and Development Institute Act Cap.511A and the National Electronic Single Window System Act Cap.485D."
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"content": "Standing Order 127(1) provides that a Bill, having been read a First Time, shall stand committed to the relevant Departmental Committee without Question put. Despite the said provisions, Standing Order 127 (1A) provides— (1A) 'Safe for a Finance Bill, the Speaker may refer various provisions of a Bill proposing to amend more than one Statute in its principal provisions to the relevant Departmental Committees in accordance with their mandates.\""
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"content": "Hon. Members, I, therefore, direct that the various provisions of the Bill stand committed to the Departmental Committees for consideration and public participation as follows— 1. The Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning will deal with the provisions of the Bill relating to: (a) The Banking Act Cap.488; (b) The Central Bank Act Cap.491; and (c) The Microfinance Act Cap.493C."
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"content": "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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"content": "2. The Departmental Committee on Trade Industry and Cooperatives will deal with the provisions of the Bill relating to: (a) The Standards Act Cap.496; (b) The Kenya Accreditation Service Act Cap.496A; (c) The Scrap Metal Act Cap.503; (d) The Special Economic Zones Act Cap.517A; (e) The Kenya Industrial Research and Development Institute Act Cap.511A; and (f) The National Electronic Single Window System Act Cap.485D. I further direct that the lead committee on this Bill, for the purpose of consolidating the portions, is the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning. The two committees should move expeditiously to undertake public participation in their respective portions of the Bill. Thereafter, the lead Committee is expected to table a consolidated report in the House prior to the commencement of the Second Reading. Thank you. Next Order."
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"content": "MESSAGES"
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"content": "NOMINATION OF PERSONS FOR APPOINTMENT TO CONSTITUTIONAL COMMISSIONS AND OTHER STATE OFFICES"
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