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    "id": 1037915,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kipipiri, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Amos Kimunya",
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        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Procedural Motion: THAT, noting that this House will be proceeding for a long recess from 4th December 2020 to 8th February 2021; taking cognisance of the implications of the judgment in the Nairobi High Court Constitutional Petition Number 284 of 2019 as consolidated with the Nairobi High Court Constitutional Petition Number 353 of 2019 on suspension of consideration of all Bills pending in both Houses of Parliament until the requirement of concurrence is first fulfilled; further noting the decrease in the number of sitting days of the House due to the COVID-19 pandemic; Now, therefore, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 256 (Exemption of Business from the Standing Orders), this House resolves– (i) to exempt all Bills pending at various stages of consideration in the House from the provisions of Standing Order 141(2) (Lapse and Re-introduction of Bills) during the period of the Fourth and the Fifth Sessions; and, (ii) that, with respect to all public petitions pending before committees of the House, the counting of the sixty days’ consideration period prescribed under Standing Order 227(2) (Committal of Petitions), shall adjourn today and resume when the House next sits in the Fifth Session. Hon. Speaker, I think you have already discussed this at length. The import of this Motion is to save all the Bills that are at different stages of processing in the House, which would expire today if, for some reason, this Motion is not passed. I hope the Whips are paying attention to the importance of this. This is because, as Members keep getting out, if we do not have enough Members to pass this Motion, then, all the Private Members’ Bills, and they are many - I would expect all the sponsors to be here - and all the other Bills and petitions that are pending including 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."
}