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    "content": "Hon. Senators, I wish to report to the Senate that, pursuant to Standing Order 41 (3), I have received the following Message from the Speaker of the National Assembly regarding the passage by the National Assembly of the Assisted Reproductive Technology Bill (National Assembly Bill No.34 of 2019). Pursuant to the said Standing Order, I now report the message. Pursuant to the provisions of the Standing Order 41 (1) and 142 of the National Assembly Standing Orders, I hereby convey the following message from the National Assembly- WHEREAS the Assisted Reproductive Technology Bill (National Assembly Bill No.34 of 2019) was published vide Kenya Gazette Supplement No.57 of 15th April, 2019 as a Bill to provide for the regulation of assisted reproductive technology, to prohibit certain practices in connection with assisted reproductive technology, to establish assisted reproductive technology authority to make provision in relation to children born of assisted reproductive technology processes and for connected purposes; AND WHEREAS the National Assembly considered and passed the said Bill on Thursday 25th November, 2021 with amendments in the form attached thereto; NOW THEREFORE, in accordance with the provisions of Article 110 (4) of the Constitution and Standing Orders 41 (1) and 142 of the National Assembly Standing Orders, I hereby convey the said decision of the Reproductive Technology Bill (National Assembly Bill No.34 of 2019) the said decision of the National Assembly to the Senate and forward the Bill for consideration. Hon. Senators, Article 110(3) of the Constitution requires that before either House considers a Bill, the Speakers of the National Assembly and the Senate, shall jointly resolve any question as to whether it is a Bill concerning counties and if it is, whether it is a special or an ordinary Bill. The Constitutional provision has not been met with respect to the Assisted Reproductive Technology Bill (National Assembly Bills No.34 of 2019). As such, the Bill ought to be aligned to Article 110(3) of the Constitution, following which the Bill will be read a first time in the Senate. Hon. Senators, in view of the foregoing, the Assisted Reproductive Technology Bill (National Assembly Bills No.34 of 2019) as received by the National Assembly vide the Message dated Tuesday, 20th December, 2021 will not be processed in the Senate."
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