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"content": "Hon. Members, Standing Order 41 (4) requires the Speaker to report to the House any Message received from the Senate. In this regard, I wish to report to the House that on 2nd June 2022, I received a Message from the Senate regarding its rejection of all amendments made by the National Assembly to the Coffee Bill (Senate Bill No.22 of 2020). Hon. Members, the Message reads, and I quote: “The Senate, on Wednesday, 18th May 2022, considered a Motion for Consideration of the National Assembly Amendments to the Coffee Bill (Senate Bill No. 22 of 2020) and rejected the National Assembly amendments”. Hon. Members, you will recall that, there were two Bills proposing to legislate on regulation, development and promotion of the coffee industry. These are the Coffee Bill (National Assembly Bill No.17 of 2021) sponsored by the Leader of the Majority and the Coffee Bill (Senate Bill No.22 of 2020) which originated in the Senate, having been sponsored by the Senate Majority Leader. To expedite the bicameral consideration of the proposed legislation, the Leader of the Majority Party in the National Assembly stood down his Bill in favour of the Senate Bill. It was however agreed that part of the provisions in the version of the Bill sponsored by the Leader of the Majority Party in the National Assembly be incorporated in the Senate Bill as amendments at Committee Stage. That, Hon. Members, indeed took place when the Bill was considered at Committee of the whole House. Thereafter the Bill was read a Third Time on 13th April 2022 and the Schedule of the National Assembly’s amendments referred to the Senate in keeping with the requirements of the Standing Orders. Hon. Members, it is the particular Schedule of the National Assembly’s amendments that the Senate has rejected. This decision of the Senate essentially implies that the Coffee Bill (Senate Bill No. 22 of 2020) now stands referred to the mediation process contemplated under Article 112 of the Constitution. Hon. Members, in his Message to the National Assembly, the Rt. Hon. Speaker of the Senate also conveys that he has appointed the following Senators to the Mediation Committee on the Bill in accordance with the provisions of Article 113 of the Constitution: 1. Sen. Njeru Ndwiga, EGH, MP; 2. Sen. Enoch Wambua, MP; 3. Sen. Naomi Waqo, MP; 4. Sen. (Dr.) Isaac Mwaura, CBS, MP; and 5. Sen. (Dr.) Ochilo Ayacko, EGH, MP. Hon. Members, having consulted the Leadership of the Majority and Minority Parties in the National Assembly, I hereby appoint the following Members to represent the National Assembly in the Mediation Committee to consider the said Bill, if at all there will be time to do so: 1. The Hon. Silas Tiren, CBS, MP; 2. The Hon. Cecily Mbarire, MGH, MP 3. The Hon. Gabriel Kago, MP; 4. The Hon. Martin Peters Owino, MP; and, 5. The Hon. Joseph Kalasinga Wekesa, MP. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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