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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, I take this opportunity to welcome you to the Special Sittings of the House, today Thursday, 14th September 2023, convened pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 29 relating to the procedure for convening of Special Sittings of the House during recess. I wish to report to the House that on 4th September 2023, I received a request from the Leader of the Majority Party asking me to convene a Special Sitting of the National Assembly to consider certain urgent business. Whereas I am conscious that you were still on your deserved recess break, I took cognisance of the fact of the urgency of the business so specified in the request by the Leader of the Majority Party. Accordingly, I acceded to the request to convene Special Sittings today, Thursday, 14th September 2023, commencing at 10.00 a.m. for the Morning Sitting and at 2.30 p.m. in the case of the Afternoon Sitting. Consequently, and in keeping with the requirements of Standing Order 29, I communicated to Members and the public, of the Special Sittings of the House vide Kenya Gazette Notice No.12053 of 8th September 2023, and through the usual notifications in the dailies. In this regard, the Special Sittings of the House this morning and afternoon are properly convened. As specified in the said Gazette notice, the purpose of the Sittings is as follows: 1. Conveyance of any urgent messages from the President, the National Executive or the Senate; 2. Tabling of any Papers with statutory timelines, including subsidiary legislation; 3. Tabling of and notices of special motions on the — 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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