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    "id": 1044230,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Lusaka",
    "speaker_title": "The Speaker",
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    "content": "two Bills at Mediation, one Bill negatived and four Bills withdrawn. Four more Bills were awaiting First Reading. The High Court judgement in constitutional Petition No.284 of 2019 had a major impact on the legislative business of the Senate. You will recall that among the orders given by the High Court was the immediate cessation of Bills pending before either House, where the joint resolution process by the Speakers of both Houses had not been demonstrated. Both Houses of Parliament were required to refer such Bills to the joint resolution process under Article 110 (3) of the Constitution before going through the legislative process. This had a direct bearing on the legislative work of the Senate then and for all future legislative proposals between the two Houses. Tremendous strides have been made to regularize all Bills. To date, a total of 19 Bills have been republished. I have approved a further 10 Bills for republication, and which will thereafter be subjected to the resolution process under Article 110 (3) of the Constitution. Hon. Senators, in spite of the difficult circumstances that we worked under, other business included consideration of two Motions for the removal from Office, by impeachment, of the Governor of Kirinyaga County and the then Governor of Nairobi City County pursuant to Section 33 of the County Governments Act; 28 Petitions and reports thereon, pursuant to Standing Order No.232 of the Senate Standing Orders, and 274 Statements pursuant to Standing Order No.47 and 48. However, there are 46 Petitions that are yet to be reported on by respective Standing Committees, while Statements referred to respective Committees require to be addressed pursuant to the Standing Orders. We are therefore opening the Session with our plates already full. Hon. Senators, one of the key highlights at the commencement of the Session is the budget process. Like in every other Session, and in accordance with Section 25 of the Public Finance Management Act, we will shortly receive and consider the Budget Policy Statement (BPS), and later, the Division of Revenue Bill and the County Allocation of Revenue Bill. The budget is key to delivering the promises on devolution espoused in the Constitution of Kenya. Therefore, we each have a duty to oversight the budget process and ensure that there is prudent public finance management in the country."
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