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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mungatana, MGH",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, everybody knows how these processes of a Bill are. They are long. You must have First reading, face the Committee and explain to them. The Committee then will have 60 days to do a report. After which, they will have to table the report. Thereafter, you will have to move the Bill then that Bill will have to be debated. When that Bill is debated, it has to come back again for Third Reading and amendments are brought. So, it is a long process. Sometimes it is so urgent to have a resolution of this House and we cannot take that long when we are doing a Motion. A Motion will be speaking to a specific issue. Once the House has resolved that issue, it will now be mandatory within the time limitations that we have created in this Bill to make sure that, that Bill is given effect. Now, the attitude that it is just a Motion or persuasion by the House will come to an end. Responsible officers will face consequences. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, what are the consequences that we are proposing in this Bill? The consequences are that; if a resolution of this House has been made and we have said, for example, I have seen a Bill here for Institution of Measures to Curb Incessant High Electricity Cost which is pending that is being brought by Sen. Chute. Once we pass this Bill and this law now is effective, it will mean that the responsible officers will have to effect what the resolution of this House is saying. They have 60 days to do so. If they do not bring a status report to show that this is how far we have gone in terms of compliance with the direction of the Senate, then the responsible officer will be liable to pay a fine of Kshs500,000 or in default, he or she will be liable to a six months’ jail term. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Bill is as short as that. We are imposing statutory obligations on officers of Government so that they can do what they need to do as is the intention of this House. Going forward, it would mean that from now on, these people in Government, sitting in the Executive, will be taking an interest on what Motions have been placed on the Order Paper. They will be taking an interest in the debates of the Motions in this House. They will be taking an interest in everything that is happening here. If it is a Motion that is touching on their department, they will be able to execute these Motions. We are going to move away from the old era where people used to say that Motions are, but persuasions of the House. However, we will be waiting for the law. In those olden days when we were a bit younger and in the other House; when we moved"
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