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    "content": "that will not be concluded from today’s Order Paper and any other business scheduled by the SBC. The Order Paper for Wednesday, 23rd November, 2022 and for Thursday, 24th November, 2022, will contain business that will not have been concluded in the previous day respectively as well as Petitions, Statements and any other business scheduled by the SBC. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in terms of legislative business, two Bills are awaiting the Second Reading Stage. These Bills are the County Vocational and Training Bill, Senate Bill No.3 of 2022 by Sen. M. Kajwang’ and the County Governments Additional Allocational Bill, Senate Bill No.4 of 2022. The County Governments Additional Allocational Bill has been scheduled in today’s Order Paper. There is need for both Houses of Parliament to expeditiously consider and pass the Bill preferably before we break for the long recess and before the House rests for the Christmas holidays. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I had explained, it is unfortunate that this Bill is locking hundreds of billions of donors funding and other conditional grants to our counties. I want it to be known in the public domain that the Senate has been ready and we have done our best. We are awaiting the report of reconciliation from our engagement with the Treasury. That is the information I got from Sen. Ali Roba, the Chairman of Committee on Budget and Finance. As of this afternoon, when we resumed our Sitting, the National Treasury had not sent that report. It is the Treasury that is standing in the way of this Bill. I say that because any Governor that I bump into nowadays and those that have access to my phones or are known to me personally, the one thing they call to tell me is that we expedite this Bill because it is clogging up county resources in terms of development funds. I urge Sen. Ali Roba to still continue pursuing people from the National Treasury. If the report comes today in the afternoon, we can consider it. We shall be here up to 6.30 p.m. If he is ready and his Committee meets to consider it, then we are ready to transact business. We can even do an extension of time because we are here to work. We can conclude on the Second Reading and then wait for Tuesday, 22nd November, 2022, to conclude on the Third Reading. I urge Hon. Senators to be available in the House during debate and subsequent Divisions as the Bill will require the necessary threshold for passing. The new Senators understand the magic number of 24. If we do not have 24 delegations, this Bill is not likely to pass. Imagine the kind of shame we will find ourselves in if the report from the Committee is ready and yet we cannot raise the requisite delegations to pass this Bill. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will continue to remind people that the stage and the platform of Parliament is a premium stage. I cannot find any other place where you can speak to the issues that affect the people that sent you this House. You are paid well to be a Member of Parliament. I have never understood why on an afternoon like today, you cannot find Members of Parliament in the House speaking"
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