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    "id": 1069243,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Lusaka",
    "speaker_title": "The Speaker",
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    "content": " Hon. Senators, this is the Communication that I want to give now before the Committee of the Whole, which will sit at 2.30 p.m. Hon. Senators, as you are aware, in the course of the debate on the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill, 2020, I have been variously urged by a number of Senators to make a ruling on a number of matters, which they consider to be pertinent for purposes of guiding the Senate in its disposal of the Bill. These requests have come from among others Senators Samson Cherargei, Sakaja Johnson, Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. and Moses Wetangula. Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. M.P., in particular, during the Morning Sitting of Thursday, 6th May, 2021, went so far as to give some advice to the Speaker on the matters that should be contained in such ruling and the authorities that should be cited. It is an invitation that as the Speaker of the Senate, I promptly declined. At the time, I guided the Senate that the questions on which I was being requested to rule were premature and anticipatory, as they had not ripened for determination. Hon. Senators, as you are aware, the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill, 2020, was introduced in Parliament and read a First Time in the National Assembly and the Senate on 4th March, 2021, pursuant to Article 257(7) of the Constitution. Pursuant to Standing Orders 140 (1) and 140 (5) of the Senate Standing Orders, the Bill was referred to the Standing Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights for consideration. The Standing Committee was mandated to consider the Bill jointly with the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs of the National Assembly. The Committees tabled a joint report on Wednesday, 28th April, 2021, in both Houses of Parliament. Hon. Senators, as I have indicated, in the course of debate at the Second Reading, questions arose as to whether a Bill to amend the Constitution introduced by a popular initiative, such as the one before us, can be amended and resultantly, whether therefore,"
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