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    "content": "Committee of the whole House on the Kenya Drugs Authority Bill, National Assembly Bill No.42 of 2022, commenced yesterday and progressed up to Clause 22. As you are aware, the resumption of the Committee of the whole House during today’s Morning Sitting was interrupted due to lack of quorum. The same business is scheduled to resume in this Sitting as listed under Order No.11 of today’s Order Paper. Before proceeding to the said Order, I wish to inform the House that several Members have approached me and canvassed their concerns on the Bill and the proposed amendments. These Members include several Members of the Speaker’s Panel who participated in presiding over the matters. Without delving into the details of the Members’ concerns, the bottom-line was for the Speaker to stay further consideration of the Bill to allow winnowing of the proposed amendments. Notably, the Members’ concerns resonate with the point of order that the Member for Homa Bay Constituency raised yesterday. In this regard, Hon. Members, I am inclined to defer further the consideration of the Kenya Drugs Authority Bill, National Assembly Bill No.54 of 2022 in the Committee of the whole House. To this end, I direct that the proposed amendments to the Bill be subjected to a winnowing process before the Departmental Committee on Health. All Members with amendments including all other Members desirous of proposing any further amendments to the Bill are required to appear before the Committee to prosecute their proposals. For fairness, Hon. Members, I advise the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Health in whose name the Bill is published to consider recusing himself during the winnowing process and allow the Vice-Chairperson or another Member of the Committee to steer the process."
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