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"content": "(iii) the County Assemblies that did not submit the draft Bill and the certificate; (iv) whether or not the threshold required under Article 257(7) of the Constitution has been met; and, (v) such other information as the Speakers of the two Houses of Parliament may consider necessary; and, (b) submit to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission and publish, by notice in the Gazette, the information specified under subparagraph (a). (6) The Speakers of the two Houses of Parliament shall not receive any draft Bill and certificate where the Bill was considered by the County Assembly after the expiry of the period specified under Article 257(6) of the Constitution. Hon. Senators, in furtherance to requirements of paragraph (5) of the said Guidelines, the statistics of the submissions, which had been formally delivered by the respective Speakers of the County Assemblies as at 2.00 p.m., today, 25th February, 2021 are as follows- (a) Thirty three County Assemblies had delivered the Draft Bill with a certificate indicating their approval of the Bill, that is, Siaya, Homa Bay, Kisumu, Trans Nzoia, Busia, Kajiado, West Pokot, Laikipia, Kisii, Nairobi City, Garissa, Mombasa, Nyamira, Taita/Taveta, Kakamega, Kitui, Vihiga, Murang‘a, Narok, Makueni, Kirinyaga, Nyeri, Bungoma, Machakos, Nakuru, Meru, Tharaka Nithi, Embu, Marsabit, Nyandarua, Kericho and Tana River; (b) One County Assembly has rejected the Draft Bill, that is, Baringo. However, I note that the County Assembly only submitted a certificate of rejection without the Draft Bill. In this regard, we shall be communicating to the County Assembly the requirements under the Guidelines for purposes of their compliance as the three months window has not lapsed. Hon. Senators, a simple calculation reveals that 13 other county assemblies are yet to deliver the draft Bill to the Speakers of the Houses of Parliament with a certificate indicating either their approval or rejection of the Bill. Correspondences received from the IEBC indicate that the delivery of the Draft Bill to the county assemblies was done on varying dates. The first set of county assemblies received the draft on the 27th January, 2021, while Elgeyo-Marakwet received the draft Bill last, having received it on 2nd February, 2021. Consequently, the last date by which Elgeyo-Marakwet County Assembly ought to make a resolution after its consideration of the draft Bill pursuant to the provisions of Article 257(5) of the Constitution is 3rd May, 2021. Hon. Senators, from the statistics I have just read, 33 county assemblies have so far approved the draft Bill. Article 257(5) read together with Paragraph (5) of the Guidelines provide that each county assembly shall consider the draft Bill within three months from the date it was submitted by the IEBC. However, Article 257(7) of the 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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