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    "id": 1125943,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kieni, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kanini Kega",
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        "legal_name": "James Mathenge Kanini Kega",
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    "content": "that the Bill contained pertinent issues that required clarity and some issues needed to be resolved. In this regard, and it is always the tradition of this House, the Committee resolved to request for submissions from the members of the public and other key stakeholders pursuant to Article 118(1)(b) of the Constitution and the National Assembly Standing Order No.127 (3). Following the request for a memorandum from the public and other stakeholders which was done through the placement of adverts in the print media on Wednesday 3rd November, and a letter to two key Government agencies, the committee received memoranda only from the Council of Governors. Further, we felt that we also needed to include the other key stakeholders. Upon this request, the committee resolved to invite other key stakeholders, namely; the Controller of Budget, the Commission on Revenue Allocation and the National Treasury, who appeared before us on Monday 15th November, 2021. That is the reason we were seeking for more time, because we had the stakeholders meeting on Monday this week. After some lengthy deliberations with the key stakeholders mentioned above, there were major pertinent issues that arose during the meeting as the agencies were making different major proposals. To this end, the committee directed that all stakeholders, including our technical office, the Parliamentary Budget Office, to hold a meeting at a technical level to harmonise the different proposals. The committee, therefore, resolved to hold a future meeting to build consensus before the Bill is passed. We are proposing and we are hoping that before the end of this week, that technical team will be able to give us a report so that we can have a proper report of this House by next week. As I move, I request the County Governments Grants Bill (Senate Bill No. 35 of 2021) be now read a Second Time. I want to notify this House, that the committee will be proposing amendments to the Committee of the Whole House. As I move, I want to say that there are a lot of changes that will be done to this Bill. We were at pains to differentiate whether this is a money Bill which should have originated from the National Assembly, but we gave it a pass and said that because of the urgency of this Bill, we just treat it as a County Allocation of Revenue Bill, which originates from the Senate. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move and I request, Hon. Millie Odhiambo to second. I thank you."
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