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    "id": 1384737,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Oundo, if you read Article 109 of the Constitution and particularly Article 110(3), it indicates that before a Bill is considered in the House, the Hon. Speakers must resolve the issue as to whether it concerns counties. If you read that section carefully, it talks of a question arising. For clarity, not all Bills which start from this House go to the Senate. But all Bills starting in the Senate come to this House. That must be clear. The second issue is a Member of this House, whether the Leader of the Majority Party or you, can bring a Bill that on the face does not concern counties. But in the course of processing it, amendments may come that may raise the question as to whether what is being included in the Bill concerns counties or not. At that stage, the Hon. Speaker will determine whether that Bill concerns counties and then direct it to go, if it is in the positive to the Senate for further consideration. There is no lacuna in that law. A question can arise at any time. This is a dynamic clause in the Constitution. When a question arises even at the Committee Stage, and as a House, we agree that now it concerns counties, then we are obligated to send that Bill to the Senate for further consideration. Am I clear?"
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