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    "id": 1051873,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1051873/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Lusaka",
    "speaker_title": "The Speaker",
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    "content": " Hon. Senators, before I invite the next Senator, I have a Communication to make on the resolution of County Assemblies on the Draft Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill, 2020. I wish to make the following Communication regarding the status of delivery by the County Assemblies to the Speakers of the two Houses of Parliament their decisions on the Draft Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill, 2020. Hon. Senators, the Building Bridges Initiative Steering Committee, delivered a draft Bill to amend the Constitution by popular initiative and signatures of persons in support of the initiative to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) for verification. Consequently, the IEBC, pursuant to the provisions of Article 257(4) of the Constitution, submitted the draft Bill to the 47 County Assemblies for consideration after verification of the signatures in support of the initiative. Hon. Senators, Article 257(6) of the Constitution affords the respective County Assemblies a period of three months after receipt of a draft Bill to amend the Constitution by popular initiative within which to approve the Bill. Thereafter, the respective Speakers of the County Assemblies are required to communicate the resolution of the approval by the respective assemblies, by delivering a copy of the draft Bill jointly to the Speakers of the two Houses of Parliament, with a certificate indicating such approval. Hon. Senators, you will recall that during the Punguza Mzigo (Constitution Amendment) Bill, the Speaker of the National Assembly and I agreed to jointly develop and issue standard Guidelines for delivery by the County Assemblies to the Speakers of the two Houses of Parliament of a draft Bill for the amendment of the Constitution by popular Initiative, to inform the process. These guidelines were published in the KenyaGazette as Legal Notice No.175 dated 22nd November, 2019 and have informed the current processes before Parliament. Hon. Senators, paragraphs (5) and (6) of the Guidelines provides as follows, and I quote— ―(5) Upon the expiry of the period specified under Article 257(5) of the Constitution for the consideration of a draft Bill by a County Assembly, the Speakers of the two Houses of Parliament shall— (a) report to their respective House of Parliament— (i) the County Assemblies that have submitted the draft Bill and the certificate approving the Bill; (ii) the County Assemblies that have submitted the draft Bill and the certificate rejecting the Bill; The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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