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    "id": 1451854,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "if you marshal two-thirds majority. If you do not marshal that, the reservations become part of the Bill. The remaining parts of the Bill without reservations, together with the reservations clauses that you either agree with or not agree with, depending on the numbers you marshal, there will still be a Bill to take back to the President for assent. In this case, the President has expressed reservations on everything. Including the Title. What has come here is a Bill as you passed it. It is with reservations on the Short Title, the Long Title, and the Memorandum. That is all the clauses. If you fail to overturn what the President has reserved, there is nothing to take back to the President for assent. Already, there is precedent set by this House. A Member brought a Bill to amend the Law of Contracts Act. Another Member brought a Bill to amend the Central Bank of Kenya Act or the Penal Code. Each had only one amendment. When they were taken to the President on express reservations to the clause amending the Penal Code, the House was unable to overturn. Only the Title of the Bill and nothing else was left. You cannot carry a Title of the Bill to the President for assent. Therefore, it all died there. Number three, to Hon. Millie, Hon. Otiende Amollo engaged me on some jurisprudence on this matter. We have engaged one on one. I have reminded him of my seniority in the legal profession and my long usage of the law. I want to repeat what I told him. What he sent to me as a draft Bill to repeal the Finance Bill were just papers because you cannot repeal what is not an Act of Parliament. If the President does not assent to the Bill within 14 days once a Bill is sent to him, it automatically becomes law. If the President has reservations on a Bill and sends it back to the Houses, those 14 days do not apply. You will come back to the House and deal with the reservations. If you overturn his reservations, you take back the Bill to him for assent as you have passed. Tell Hon. Otiende Amollo The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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