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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "be altered, it must pass the test of scrutiny of both the majority and the minority sides in both Houses of Parliament or at least a significant portion of both sides. I appreciate that provision. The Speaker of the Senate is an interesting player in this Bill: \"The Speaker of the Senate shall, within seven days of receipt of a petition under section (17 — (a) Report the receipt of the Petition to the Senate. (b) Refer the Petition to a special committee of the Senate established for consideration of the Petition.\" Clause 17 of the Bill concerns Parliament being petitioned to alter a county boundary. \"17. (1) A petition to Parliament for the alteration of the boundary of a county may be made by - (a) any person who is a registered voter (b) an elected member of the county assembly of a county whose boundary is proposed to be altered (c) the Senator of a county whose boundary is proposed to be altered_ (d) a Member of the National Assembly representing a constituency within the county whose boundary is proposed to be altered_ or (e) a county governor on behalf of a county government that proposes the alteration of its boundary.\" We will set up a committee to look into that Petition. That Petition shall be referred to the Special Committee of the Senate, which shall have 30 days. Committees are given 60 days to deal with the normal Petitions. However, we appreciate the importance and difficulties of the boundaries to our committees. We have set in this law that within 30 days, that special committee must conclude its work and report to the House. When they report to the House, they may recommend that the boundary be referred to a mediation committee established in Clause 5, or establish a Commission in terms of Clause 23, which we shall be speaking to. \"20. (1) A special committee may recommend to the Senate— (a) that a boundary dispute be referred to a mediation committee to be established under section (5_ (b) the establishment of a commission in terms of section 23_or (c) that the Senate does not recommend the establishment of the commission. (2) If the special committee makes a recommendation under— (a) subsection (1)(a) or (b), the Senate shall, within seven days, consider the recommendations of the special committee_ or (b) subsection (1)(c), no further proceedings shall take place with respect to the Petition.\" “21. Where after the consideration of the report of the committee under section 20(2)(a), the Senate - The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard Services, Senate."
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