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    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 30(3)(c), this House resolves to hold a morning sitting on Thursday, 20th June 2024, commencing at 9.30 a.m., for purposes of considering priority business. Hon. Speaker, this is on behalf of the House Business Committee that met earlier this afternoon. It considered bringing this resolution, through this Procedural Motion, to allow Hon. Members adequate time to debate the Finance Bill of 2024/2025, which we expect to be tabled in the course of this Sitting by the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning. Considering that many Members are very interested in contributing to the debate on the Finance Bill, we thought it would be wise to have a morning sitting on Thursday. We will have the whole day tomorrow from 9.30 a.m. to 9.00 p.m. as you directed during the House Business Committee meeting earlier today. We will also have Thursday from morning up to 5.00 p.m. for debate of the Second Reading of that Bill. We have also priority business to consider the Senate Amendments to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission Bill. Hon. Members are aware that two constituencies still have no representation in this House. They are bound to have by-elections, but we cannot do that because we do not have an IEBC Commission. It is, therefore, imperative that we consider the amendments that were made to that Bill by the Senate. If we agree with them, then that Bill can be assented into law to kick off the process of the recruitment of new IEBC Commissioners. With that, I beg to move and ask Members to support the Motion to have a Thursday morning sitting. I request the Leader of the Minority Party, who is also a Member of the House Business Committee, to second. I beg to move."
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