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    "id": 1228398,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wakili Sigei",
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    "content": "Standing Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights for the period 13th October, 2022 to 29th March, 2023. The Standing Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights is established under Standing Order No. 228 (3) of the Senate Standing Orders and is mandated inter alia to consider all matters relating to; constitutional affairs in the organisation, administration of law and justice, elections, promotion of principles of leadership, ethics and integrity, agreements, treaties and conventions and implementation of the provisions of the Constitution and human rights. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Committee, during the First Session of this 13th Parliament and the First Quarter of the Second Session, has undertaken during this period of review, 31 sittings in which it considered various legislative proposals, Bills, Statements, Petitions and Stakeholder engagements as set out below- (1) Legislative proposals: The Committee undertook the scrutiny of one legislative proposal which was referred to the Committee pursuant to Standing Order No.133 (a) of the Senate Standing Orders. This was the draft Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill sponsored by Sen. Beth Syengo, MP, seeking to amend the Constitution to give effect to the two-thirds gender principle in elective public bodies. The Committee proceeded to examine the proposed Bill against the criteria set out in the Standing Orders and held discussions with the sponsor during the consideration of the proposal. Subsequently, the Committee resolved to recommend to the Honourable Speaker of the Senate to direct that the legislative proposal is accepted and that it be published as a Bill, pursuant to Senate Standing Order No.131 (2). I am aware that this process is actively going on. The Committee further considered several Bills which lapsed during the previous term of Parliament and identified some which are due for reintroduction during the current term. These Bills include- 1. The Law of Succession (Amendment) Bill, which is to be sponsored by Sen. Veronica Maina, MP, and Member of the Committee. 2. The Security Laws (Amendment) Bill. 3. The Alternative Dispute Resolution Bill. Still under Bills, the Committee considered three Bills during the reporting period and tabled the reports thereon in the Senate. These reports were on the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (Amendment) Bill No.49 of 2022, the Parliamentary Powers and Privileges (Amendment) Bill No.5 of 2022, and the Preservation of Human Dignity and Enforcement of Economic and Social Rights Bill (Senate Bills No.7 of 2022). The IEBC (Amendment) Bill has since been assented to and is under implementation, while the other two Bills are at various stages of consideration in the Senate. This marks 100 per cent completion rate on the consideration and reporting by the Committee on the Bills, which were referred to it in the session."
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