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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suna East, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Junet Mohamed",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. As Members are aware, this has been a very contentious Bill. Yesterday, after the quorum was raised by none other than myself, the Speaker called for a meeting in his office with the leadership of Parliament. We discussed the matter at length with the Speaker. He then invited the Council of Governors to a meeting held this morning at 8.00 a.m., which was attended by all the leadership in Parliament including Hon. Baya, Hon. Millie, Hon. Osoro, other Members and the Chairperson of the Budget and Appropriations Committee. The Council of Governors was represented in that meeting by their Chairman and the Chairman of the Legal Committee, I believe Governor Mutula Kilonzo Jr. We discussed the matter at length and compromises were made on both sides. One of the issues we agreed on was the matter currently pending in court which is expected for judgement on 28th… We agreed in the meeting that the judgement should be arrested or pended. The Speaker advises me that in law it is referred to as ‘stay of judgement’ so that we can engage constructively on the matter of the Roads Maintenance Levy Fund (RMLF). Once that judgement is stayed, as a House, we can proceed to pass the Bill. The Bill does not contain provisions on the RMLF. It majorly contains donor-funded projects and related matters. Therefore, if a consent is filed in court by the two parties to stay the judgement, we can pass the Bill allowing donor funding to be disbursed to counties. That is what we agreed this morning, and that is what is being implemented. We hope that the matter will be resolved by the end of business today. Tomorrow, we can return to the business of the House and bring back the Bill on the Order Paper."
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