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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. As you are aware, the National Assembly Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs and the Senate Standing Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights are jointly considering the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill, 2020. At a meeting held on Friday 19th March 2021, the Committees deliberated on various issues arising from the views received from the public and various stakeholders by way of oral submissions and written memoranda. In total, we had 65 persons/groups. In so doing, the Committee identified a number of weighty constitutional, legal and procedural issues for consideration by the Committee, which were clustered under the following six (6) thematic areas: (i) Nature of the Bill; (ii) Public participation; (iii)Processing of the Bill; (iv) Substantive issues on the Bill; (v) Referendum issues, and (vi) Status of litigation. The Committee further observed that this was the first time that the Houses were considering a proposal to amend the Constitution by way of popular initiative under Article 257 of the Constitution and that it was therefore expected that various constitutional, legal and procedural issues would arise. Further, the Committee noted that it was imperative that the emerging issues were carefully considered by the Committee as they would not only guide the ongoing process but also future processes for amendment of the Constitution by popular initiative. The Committee thus resolved that there was need to engage experts in constitutional, legal, procedural and governance matters in order to advise on the issues arising in the thematic areas as identified. In this regard, the Joint Committee observed that under Standing Order Nos. 203 and 217 of the National Assembly and Senate Standing Orders, respectively, Committees may, with the approval of the respective Speaker, engage such experts as it may consider necessary in furtherance of its mandate. The Committee therefore resolved as follows: That a sub-committee of the Committee is established comprising the following Members: 1. Hon. Muturi Kigano, MP - Chairperson, JLAC 2. Hon. (Dr.) Otiende Amollo, SC, MP – Member, JLAC 3. Hon. Jennifer Shamalla, MP - Member, JLAC 4. Sen. Erick Okong’o Omogeni, SC, MP - Chairperson, JLAHRC 5. Sen. Naomi Jillo Waqo, MP - Vice Chairperson, JLAHRC; and 6. Sen. James Orengo, EGH, SC, MP - Member, JLAHRC. It was agreed that the sub-committee identifies experts who are well versed in the process and who have a wide experience in constitutional governance, legal and procedural matters to be procured to provide consultancy services on the matters before the Committee. That, the sub-committee develops the terms of reference that shall guide the operations of the experts in this exercise. 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."
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