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    "id": 1037054,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kang’ata",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1826,
        "legal_name": "Irungu Kang'ata",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, however, following the judgment of the High Court in constitutional petition No. 284 of 2019, the court ruled in favor of the Senate and stated that all Bills should comply with Article 110(3) of the Constitution. This resulted in secession of consideration of all Bills that were before Parliament, which had not conformed to Article 110(3) of the Constitution. The Senate has since complied with the judgment given by the High Court and republished nine Bills, six of which are currently undergoing concurrence. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the offices of the Speaker and the Senate leadership have been engaging with our counterparts in the National Assembly to fast-track the process of regularizing all Bills to conform to the joint resolution process under Article 110(3). We are optimistic that by the commencement of the Fifth Session in 2021, we will have made significant progress and the Senate will begin that session with its plate already full. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we all appreciate and recognize the importance of Petitions as a legislative tool to undertake our mandate of oversight and representation. I would like to bring to the attention of the Senate that a total of 109 Petitions have been submitted since the First Session, out of which 47 reports have been tabled by the respective committees to which the Petitions were committed. Let me take this opportunity to thank the Standing Committees for this tremendous work and urge the other committees also to move with speed and conclude all Petitions and table reports as required by Standing Order No. 232(2). Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, with respect to Statements, 136 have been requested during this session. Hon. Senators will recall that the Standing Orders were amended in 2019 to streamline the processing of Statements. In this respect, Statements sought under Standing Order No. 48(1) are referred to the respective committees who are required pursuant to Standing Order No. 51 to make Statements for matters for which they were responsible and table quarterly reports on matters relating to activities of the committee. I take this opportunity to applaud committees for their reports, which have been filed and also tabled before the Senate. I urge them to deal with pending Statements accordingly. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, with regard to Motions, a total of 81 Motions were filed in the Fourth Session. Out of this, the Senate has debated and concluded 70 of them The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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