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    "id": 1023032,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kieni, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kanini Kega",
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        "legal_name": "James Mathenge Kanini Kega",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Since this is my first time to present a Statement as a Chairman, I am happy my predecessor is here and we are working closely together with the Chairman emeritus. I stand to give a very brief and important Statement to this august House on the status of various messages received from the Senate under Standing Order No.41 of the National Assembly. In particular, you have in various occasions referred to the Budget and Appropriations Committee Bills from the Senate for review and consideration in accordance to the requirements and provisions of Article 114 of the Constitution and Standing Order No.114 of the National Assembly. Article 109 of the Constitution provides for the exercise of legislative powers and specifically Article 109(5) provides, and I quote for avoidance of doubt, that: “(5) A Bill may be introduced by any member or committee of the relevant House of Parliament, but a money Bill may only be introduced in the National Assembly in accordance with Article 114.” It, therefore, means, that the constitutional mandate or powers to determine whether a Bill or Motion is a money Bill is only bestowed in the position of the Speaker of the National Assembly. Of course, this is an exclusive constitutional power. On various dates, the Assembly received messages from the Senate on approval of various Bills. Upon your opinion and on account of technical advice from the non-partisan Parliamentary Budget Office, you determined they were money Bills. It is on this account that you referred the Bills to the Budget and Appropriations Committee for consideration in accordance to the provisions of Standing Order No.143 of the National Assembly. As per the attached list which I am going to table, these Bills were determined 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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