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    "id": 1009624,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1009624/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, you will recall that on Thursday, 8th October 2020, during the Afternoon Sitting, the Member for Mathare, Hon. Anthony Oluoch, rose on a point of order seeking my direction on a number of issues. The gist of his point of order revolved around the processing of legislative proposals originated by individual Members and their eventual consideration once published into Bills, if at all. The Member lamented on the slow manner in which Members’ legislative proposals are processed and took issue with the apparent stifling of the legislative mandate of Members and the House by the Budget and Appropriations Committee and Departmental Committees which are required to scrutinise Members’ legislative proposals and recommend to the Speaker whether the proposals should be proceeded with or published into Bills. Hon. Members, having considered the substance of the issues raised by Hon. Oluoch, I have isolated three (3) key questions that would require my direction. These are: 1. Whether the House has authority in respect of a decision on whether or not to proceed with or publish a legislative proposal; 2. What value does money-Bill certification and authorisation stage and pre-publication scrutiny add to the legislative process and whether the Committee’s decision on a legislative proposal upon pre-publication scrutiny is final; and, 3. Whether a Member may reintroduce a legislative proposal after a negative decision by a Committee of the House. Hon. Members, before I respond to the issues raised, it should be noted that the process of drafting a Bill involves several stages. The first stage is the drafting stage which entails the legislative proposal being prepared by the Directorate of Legal Services and reviewed in consultation with the respective Member. It is here that the Member confirms the draft proposal"
}