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    "id": 1021552,
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    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Even as I rise to support the Procedural Motion, I wanted to raise something on a point of order in relation to Standing Order 141(2) that states as follows: \"A Bill that has been published, read a First Time or in respect of which the Second Reading has not been concluded- (b) at the end of two consecutive Sessions of the same Parliament shall lapse at the end of the second Session and may be republished in the same or different form in accordance with Standing Order 114 (Introduction of Bills) in relation to money Bills\". Hon. Speaker, you have heard what the Leader of the Majority Party has said. The same has been mentioned by the Leader of the Minority Party in seconding this Motion. It is that there are very many Private Members’ Bills that are either in committees or have been published. I can ascertain that as the immediate former Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee (BAC). I wish to thank the House Business Committee because it has made effort to expedite many of the Private Members’ Bills. However, Hon. Speaker, you will appreciate that, as Hon. John Mbadi has said, we have about five to six weeks to 15th October. To actually be precise, including today, we have exactly 18 Sittings in this first half of this Session. If we are to follow our Calendar and go for the short recess in mid-October, we will consequently have another 18 Sittings. Therefore, with only Thursday mornings Members sitting to consider Private Members’ Bills, it means on average not more than six Bills will see the light of day in this Session. Therefore, at the 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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