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    "id": 1581243,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kingi",
    "speaker_title": "The Speaker",
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    "content": " Hon. Senators, I welcome you to this Special Sitting of the Senate. I regret to interrupt your recess, but this has been necessitated by urgent legislative business which requires to be dispensed with. On the request of the Senate Majority Leader via Ref. Letter No. ACN/MLS/0(23) dated 26th June, 2025 and with the support of the requisite number of Senators, I appointed today, Friday, 27th June, 2025 as the day for the Special Sitting of the Senate. The appointment was made vide Gazette Notice No.8512 dated 27th June, 2025. In the Gazette Notice, I indicated that the business to be transacted at the sitting shall be the consideration of– (a) The Equalisation Fund Appropriation Bill, 2025 (Senate Bills No.7 of 2025). (b) The County Allocation of Revenue Bill, 2025 (Senate Bills No.9 of 2025). (c) The County Governments Additional Allocations (No.2) Bill, 2025 (Senate Bills No. 8 of 2025). (d) Report of the Mediation Committee on the Division of Revenue Bill, 2025 (National Assembly Bills No.10 of 2025) and the agreed version of the Division of Revenue Bill 2025 (National Assembly Bills No.10 of 2025). (e) Any other urgent business or messages received from the National Assembly or a County Assembly. Hon. Senators, in accordance with Standing Order 33 (5) of the Senate Standing Orders, the business specified in this Notice shall be the only business before the Senate during the special sitting, following which the Senate shall stand adjourned until Tuesday, 8th July, 2025 at 2.30 p.m., pursuant to the Senate Calendar. I thank you."
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