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    "content": "The second category, largely comprising Audit, Appropriation and other General Purposes Committees, has lapsed pursuant to the respective Standing Orders which prescribe their lifetime. These are: 1. The Public Accounts Committee (pursuant to Standing Order 205); 2. The Special Funds Accounts Committee (pursuant to Standing Order 205A); 3. The Decentralised Funds Committee (pursuant to Standing Order 205B); 4. The Public Investments Committee on Governance and Education (pursuant to Standing Order 206); 5. The Public Investments Committee on Commercial Affairs and Energy (pursuant to Standing Order 206A) 6. The Public Investments Committee on Social Services, Administration and Agriculture (pursuant to Standing Order 206B); 7. The Budget and Appropriations Committee (pursuant to Standing Order 207); 8. The Public Debt and Privatisation Committee (pursuant to Standing Order 207A); 9. The Public Petitions Committee (pursuant to Standing Order 208A); 10. The Diaspora Affairs and Migrant Workers Committee (pursuant to Standing Order 208B); 11. The Committee on Implementation (pursuant to Standing Order 209); 12. The Committee on Delegated Legislation (pursuant to Standing Order 210); 13. The Committee on Regional Integration (pursuant to Standing Order 212); and, 14. The Committee on National Cohesion and Equal Opportunity (pursuant to Standing Order 212C). In line with the Standing Orders, the House Business Committee should be listed for reconstitution as the only business in today's Order Paper, as it owes its exclusive role in setting up the business of the House. Thereafter, the House Business Committee ought to receive and consider recommendations from the Committee on Selection on reconstitution of the remaining 17 Committees, including any consequential changes to other Committees. I am aware that, at the beginning of last week, the Clerk wrote to the leadership of the Majority and the Minority parties to expedite the process of reconstituting the affected committees, indeed, as instructed during our retreat in Naivasha. Having said that, Hon. Members, I wish to remind the House that in accordance with the provisions of Standing Orders, any business that was not concluded at the end of the Third Session has lapsed. This includes any pending Motions, Statements, Questions and certain Bills. Any committee or individual member wishing to reintroduce any lapsed business is advised to do so in accordance with the procedures laid down in the Standing Orders and our parliamentary practice. Members who may not be clear on the procedure are advised to visit the Table Office for guidance. With regard to the lapsing of the Bills, Standing Order 141(2) (b) provides as follows, and I quote— “A Bill that has been published, read a First Time, or in respect of which the Second Reading has not been concluded— (b) at the end of two consecutive Sessions of the same Parliament shall lapse at the end of the second Session and may be re-published in the same or different form in accordance with the Standing Orders 114 (Introduction of Bills).” However, as Members will recall, on Wednesday, 4th December 2024, the House approved a Procedural Motion exempting 19 Bills from lapsing during the period of the Third and Fourth Sessions. These are: 1. The Political Parties (Amendment) Bill, 2022; 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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