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    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": "Hon. Junet, relax. Does the Bill have errors as has been alluded to by the Report and the Chair of the Committee? Those who sit in that Committee will be speaking to those issues. How then do we cure those issues? What shall be the implication of the two Houses considering different versions of the Bill if, indeed, there are two different versions, that is, one in the National Assembly and another in the Senate? Irrespective of whether it is subject to the entire Bill or versions of the Bill in terms of errors in one Bill versus the other, what is the implication if you are seen to be considering two different versions of the Bill? And, of course, there are questions that Hon. Ochieng was alluding to. Can these errors be corrected? How will they be corrected? Are there ways in which we can amend? Those are the issues that were addressed by Hon. Ochieng substantively in terms of amendments and I do not want to repeat. With that, I beg for your guidance, especially now that we have Covid-19 protocols. We adjourned this House a month ago because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Hon. Speaker, we have been recalled to deliberate on the business that you addressed of the Principal Secretary, which could be important or not since we have other Principal Secretaries, and the issue of TSC which is very important because of teachers and our children who will be going to school in a week’s time. However, we are recalled to also look into this Bill and, of course, the Division of Revenue (Amendment) Bill from the Senate, which is important for us. I think the Senate always has issues amending the Division of Revenue (Amendment) Bill. I am saying that because we have been recalled to come and consider this Bill as part of the business of the House. I would be constrained not to speak about other issues that maybe in my thinking. I would have expected the Leader of the Majority Party to have recalled the House if, indeed, the Covid-19 pandemic had gone down, to come and address issues to do with vaccination of Kenyans and those who are suffering."
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