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"content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I needed to allow the Chair to settle down before proceeding. The National Assembly passed this particular Bill on the 30th November, 2023. It was amended and passed by this House, that is, the Senate, on the 4th June, 2024. The Senate's amendments were thereafter forwarded to the National Assembly for consideration. Thereupon, on 24th July, 2024, the National Assembly rejected the proposals for amendments made by this House in the course of its consideration of the Bill. Pursuant to this particular rejection, a Mediation Committee was established. This committee, for purposes of record for this House, comprised the following Members: Sen. Omogeni, Sen. Mohamed Faki, Sen. Maanzo, Sen. Crystal Asige, Sen. Gloria Orwoba, Sen. Mungatana, Sen. Joe Nyutu and Sen. Chute. I co-chaired this committee with Hon. Murugara, the Chairperson of the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee of the National Assembly. We had seven sittings, during which we went through the various contentious issues and clauses on this particular Bill. I will just highlight a few of them. This Bill is an admission of the conflict of interest aspect, which, in line with Article 79 of the Constitution, was to reinstate the administration to the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) as a primary enforcement authority or body. The earlier proposal and the amendments that this House made had expanded the primary authority not to domicile from the EACC, but other bodies. Following consideration by the joint committee, the committee concluded that it is incumbent upon the EACC to be the primary authority or the primary organ to administer the Act, and the two Houses mutually agreed. That is membership from the National Assembly and membership from this particular House. Secondly, another important provision that was agreed upon was regarding a public officer having personal gain in situations where a conflict of interest can be apparent. In this particular case, Members agreed that as long as you were holding a public office, there was a high likelihood that you would have personal gain in an aspect where a conflict of interest can be seen to be apparent. Madam Temporary Speaker, in instances where, for example, an issue is before the House being debated in one or two of the proceedings of the House, as a member, you must, or you are required by law, and in this case, this particular law, to disclose that fact. 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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