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    "content": "Hon. Members, with regard to the Sugar Bill (National Assembly Bill No.34 of 2022), I hereby direct the Clerk to circulate the Senate Amendments to the Bill to all Members as required by the Standing Orders. In the meantime, the Message from the Senate, together with the Schedule of Senate Amendments, shall stand referred to the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock for consideration. In order for the House to commence consideration of the two Senate Bills, I further direct the Clerk to schedule the Bills for First Readings when the House convenes next for its regular Sittings. Thereafter, the two Bills will stand committed to the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs for consideration. I urge the two Committees to prioritise the respective Bills referred to them and report to the House as soon as is practicable to enable the House to proceed with the next stages of the Bills. With respect to the two National Assembly Bills – the Sugar Bill, 2022 and the Division of Revenue Bill, 2024 – you will recall that the National Assembly passed the two Bills on 27th September 2023 and 20th March 2024, respectively, following which I referred the Bills to the Senate for consideration, pursuant to the requirements of Article 110(4) of the Constitution. As part of the bicameral architecture of our legislative process on Bills concerning county governments, the House is now required to consider the Senate Amendments to the two Bills. Passage of a Division of Revenue Bill ought to be done expeditiously, and within the statutory timelines, in order to allow for the attendant steps in the budget-making process. In this regard, and in line with the resolution of the House of 14th February 2024 regarding processing of Messages received from the Senate during the Short and the Long Recesses, through Notification No.001 of 2024 dated Monday, 6th May 2024, I referred the Senate Amendments to the Division of Revenue Bill, 2024 to the Budget and Appropriations Committee as soon as I received it. The Committee is expected to have concluded consideration of the Senate Amendments and should table its report today to facilitate consideration of the business listed as Order No.10 in today’s Order Paper. As I communicated earlier, this particular business has a statutory timeline and must be dealt with. The House is accordingly guided."
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