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    "id": 1495067,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ogola",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we derived the mandate of the Committee from the provisions of the Article. We had four committee meetings to deliberate on the National Rating Bill. During the first meeting, as is procedural, the Committee elected the Hon. Joash Nyamache Nyamoko, HSC, MP, as the Chairperson and Sen. John Methu Muhia, the current Chairperson of the Lands Committee, to be the Vice-Chairperson, respectively, pursuant to Standing Order 166(4) of the Senate Standing Orders and Standing Orders 149 of the National Assembly Standing Orders. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I present to the House the clauses that were under mediation. The following Clauses of the National Rating Bill, National Assembly Bill No.55 of 2022 were considered by the Mediation Committee. In the Senate Amendment, Clause 2, the term ‘occupier’ as inserted means, in relation to rateable property, ‘a person who is in physical possession of premises or a person who has control over the premises.’ Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I would like to give a short background of this Bill. The issue of valuation has been a challenging area, especially in the county governments. There have been inconsistencies in counties over how rating is done when valuation for property or land is done across the counties. That, you would have a property evaluated differently, but generally over just the same sphere in another county. For example, a piece of land would be valued at thousands of shillings, while in another county there is a different figure, yet environmentally there is no difference. So, we had areas that, after the Bill went in the Senate, the National Assembly was not in line with us. On Clause 2 and over the definition of ‘occupier’, the Mediation Committee considered the definition and after deliberation, we resolved not to adopt the proposal that was from the Senate. 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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