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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Pursuant to Standing Order No.57 (1), I hereby present the Business of this Senate for the week commencing Tuesday, 30th, July 2024. The status of the legislative business before the Senate is as follows- Forty-nine Bills are pending conclusion in the Senate, of which 42 are at the Second Reading Stage while seven are at the Committee of the Whole; 20 Motions are pending conclusion; 21 Petitions are due for reporting; and 378 Statements are under consideration by respective standing committees. While I am delighted that some progress has been made on the debate on Bills at the Second Reading Stage, there is a build-up at the division level which we must address. As indicated in today's Order Paper, Orders No.8 to 16, we have pending business awaiting decision by division. I request the Majority and the Minority Whips to mobilise the requisite number of delegations for the voting to be undertaken. With respect to business for the coming week, the Senate Business Committee (SBC) will meet on Tuesday, 30th July, 2024 to consider the business for the week. The tentative business for Tuesday will include business not concluded from today’s Order Paper as well as business indicated in the Notice Paper attached to the Order Paper for today. At its meeting on Tuesday 23rd July, 2024, the SBC resolved to prioritise consideration of select committee business. I request respective Committee Chairpersons and Movers of the business scheduled to prioritise plenary sittings to prosecute their business. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the tentative business for Wednesday, 31st July, 2024, during the Morning Sitting, will include business not concluded in the Order Paper for Tuesday 30th July, 2024, and the following Motions- (1) Report of the 147th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and Related Meetings held in Luanda, Angola, from 23rd to 27th October, 2023. (2) Report of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians held in Hanoi, Vietnam, from 15th to 17th September, 2023. (3) Report of the Kenya Delegation to the Extraordinary Session of the Sixth Parliament of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) held at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand, South Africa, from 20th to 27th March, 2024. (4) Report of the Kenyan Delegation to the 148th Assembly of the Inter- Parliamentary Union (IPU) and Related Meetings that were held in Geneva, Switzerland, from 23rd to 27th March, 2024. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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