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    "content": "You can sit there and make your calls as you wish. I want to encourage you, Hon. Members, to please observe decorum in the House. This is your House and the rules are ours. In line with the approved Calendar for regular Sittings of the House, Committees ought to suspend their sittings from 16th December 2024 until 26th January 2025. However, I wish to direct an early suspension of committee sittings effective Friday, 6th December 2024. This variation is intended to allow members to attend the East African Community Inter- parliamentary Games to be held in Mombasa County from 7th to 18th December 2024, and thereafter to attend to their constituency duties. This will also allow time for parliamentary staff to take their annual leave in preparation for the Fourth Session. In this regard, any committee that may need to conduct any committee business during the said period must obtain express permission from the Speaker's Office upon a written request. In order to safeguard business with stricter timelines from lapsing, the counting of days for such business shall cease effective today and continue when the House sits for the Fourth Session on Tuesday, 11th February 2025. I want to remind members that should the need arise for the House to transact any urgent matter, Members will be recalled for special sittings pursuant to Standing Order 29. I wish to thank the leadership and Members of the House as well as the staff for the diligence and commitment exhibited during the Session, which enabled the House to transact business both in plenary and in the committees. Specifically, I wish to commend Members for their active participation which has seen the consideration and conclusion of key priority business by the House. In conclusion, Hon. Members, as you proceed to spend valuable time with your families and constituents during the season, I take this early opportunity to wish you all a happy festive season and a prosperous New Year, 2025. I thank you."
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