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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, having considered and passed the five Bills, the Senate now seeks concurrence with the National Assembly on each of them. The Standing Orders require the Speaker to cause a Bill received from the Senate to be read the First Time upon conveyance of the Message. It is for that reason that the House Business Committee scheduled the five Bills for First Reading in today’s Order Paper. After the First Reading, the Bills will stand committed to the respective Departmental Committees as follows: The County Governments Grants Bill (Senate Bill No.35 of 2021) will stand committed to the Budget and Appropriations Committee, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order No.127 (6). The Mental Health (Amendment) Bill will stand committed to the Departmental Committee on Health. The Basic Education (Amendment) Bill will stand committed to the Departmental Committee on Education and Research. The County Licensing (Uniform Procedures) Bill will stand committed to the Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry and Co-operatives. The Salaries and Remuneration Commission (Amendment) Bill will stand committed to the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning. In considering the Bills, the said Committees will be expected to, among other things, apply themselves to provisions of Articles 109(5) and 114 of the Constitution relating to origination and definition of a money Bill and make appropriate recommendations to the House as, indeed, required by the Constitution and in line with my Message to the House issued on Tuesday, 5th October 2021. For clarity, may I remind the House of the existence of Bills similar to the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bill No. 28 of 2020) and the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bill No. 31 of 2020) which are currently before the House and which originated in the Senate and have been undergoing consideration in the National Assembly. In this regard, the Departmental Committee on Health and the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning are required to recommend to this House which versions of the said Bills that are now active in the House should be prioritised for consideration. As I guided in a similar message to the House last week, reports of the respective Committees shall guide the House with respect to the next stages and prioritisation of the said Bills. I, therefore, request the Committees to prioritise consideration of the said five Senate Bills in their respective agenda. I thank you."
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