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    "content": "5th August, 2021 until Monday 6th September, 2021. Regular sittings of the Senate, therefore, resume on Tuesday 7th September, 2021. As the House is aware, the legislative business of the Senate was affected by the judgement of the High Court in Constitutional Petition No. 284 of 2019. As such, the Senate has had to republish a number of Bills effectively resetting the legislative agenda of the House. As at now, a total of 62 Bills have been published. Out of this, 22 are undergoing concurrence pursuant to Article 110 (3). 21 are at the Second Reading some of which we have voted for today. 15 Bills are at the Committee of the Whole stage, five of which have been passed. One Bill was referred to the National Assembly while three Bills were considered by both Houses, passed and assented to by the President. Hon. Senators, as indicated in today’s Order Paper, there were two Bills which were scheduled for Division at the Second Reading, Order Nos. 8 and 9 while a further five Bills were scheduled for Division at the Committee of the Whole stage. I take this opportunity to thank Senators for availing themselves for the Divisions especially those responsible for the Bills and Chairs of the respective Standing Committees for the successful passage of those Bills that were considered at Second Reading as well as Committee of the Whole House. With respect to Petitions and Statements, I commend the efforts the respective Standing Committees have made to process the same and table reports in the House. However, there is still a high number of Petitions pending conclusion in the Senate. Out of 119 Petitions submitted, 44 of them are yet to be concluded, three of which were only referred to the respective Standing Committees for consideration yesterday. I urge the concerned Standing Committees to use the coming recess period to expedite consideration of the Petitions and any other pending business and table reports pursuant to the Standing Orders. They can take advantage of this time to have retreats to consider this at a go Madam Temporary Speaker, looking forward, the Senate Business Committee meets on Tuesday, 7th September, 2021 to consider and approve business for the week. On that day, the Senate will consider Bills at the second stage and Motions on reports of various standing committees that shall have been concluded by then. Business that will not be concluded on today’s Order Paper will additionally be considered on Tuesday, 7th September, 2021. The Senate will also consider any filed Statements and Petitions."
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