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    "speaker_name": "Homa Bay Town, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Peter Kaluma",
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        "legal_name": "George Peter Opondo Kaluma",
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    "content": " I thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I stand to second the mediated version of this particular Bill which originated in the Senate. The manner in which this mediation process was undertaken confirms that if the two sister Houses are objective, we can actually agree on many things and move the nation forward. We sat as a team which was chosen by the respective Speakers, and I can confirm that, in addition to the matters which the Leader of the Majority Party who chaired the mediation team has confirmed, those other three issues largely came from this House when we debated the Senate Bill. The concern of the National Assembly was that the suspension of a county government is a very serious thing. In the version of the Bill which came from the Senate initially, the President was being required to undertake actions related to suspension without specifying the time within which that ought to happen. It was the view of this House that there was and remains a need to limit the time within which the President will gazette suspension or dissatisfaction with the decision on suspension within 14 days. We sat in mediation and the Leader of the Majority Party has confirmed that we moved well and agreed. There were issues of nomenclature and whether the suspension was to be authorised or approved and I think the Senate team in the Mediation Committee agreed that we go by the wording which is in the Constitution. In fact, I wanted to, therefore, request my colleagues in the House that this being something which was largely consensual, and this being the import of mediation, you agree with the Mediation Committee and you support this version of the Bill or something that is mutually agreed. Let me thank the Speaker of the National Assembly for choosing me to be among the team from this Assembly who would lead in the mediation. I sit in the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security. Just to confirm that this mediation went very well, Hon. Amos Kimunya, who chaired the mediation team, is today our Leader of the Majority Party. I have not had occasion to congratulate him. Let me confirm to the House and for the record that his leadership capacity, which I knew before then, manifested even best in terms of how he led this strong team both from the Senate and the National Assembly to virtually agree on anything and to save this critical Bill so that it does not fall like those others which have lapsed before. You will note on No.4 of the membership of the Mediation Committee, Prof. Margaret Kamar. After the Mediation Committee, she is now the Deputy Speaker of the Senate. Why am I saying this? Perhaps, in this team, I am the only one remaining to be somewhere. I am saying this because my Deputy Leader of the Minority Party is in the House. Now that things are happening, I look demoted after this Mediation Committee if I will not be duly considered. 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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