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    "id": 1626091,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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    "content": "deserves to be equalized and who does not. It was quite interesting to listen to the various perspectives. Mr. Speaker, Sir, those Bills are now at the Second Reading Stage. I hope we can conclude and vote on them this afternoon, so that next week, we conclude on them and our counties can begin the operations. We are almost getting to the last week of July and we have not considered the County Allocation of Revenue Bill 2025(Senate Bills No. 9 of 2025), which is the final instrument that delivers funds to counties. In today's Order Paper, we equally have the County Additional Allocations (No.2) Bill (Senate Bills No.8 of 2025), another important Bill as well that followed almost the same route like the Equalisation Fund Appropriation Bill 2025(Senate Bills No.7 of 2025). I look forward to the debate on that one because there is good reason why that Bill came up. Therefore, I request that if we can, lets us prioritise voting on those very important pieces of legislation this afternoon for our county governments. I will appreciate. On Tuesday the 22nd July, when the Senate Business Committee (SBC) meets, we shall consider the business for the week, which will include business not concluded on today's Order Paper as well as other businesses that are indicated in the Notice Paper. On Wednesday 23rd July, 2025, we will include Questions to the Cabinet Secretaries as approved by the SBC as well as Motions. Next week, we have the Cabinet Secretary in Charge of Youth Affairs, Creative Economy and Sports who will respond to questions from a number of colleagues. We also have the Cabinet Secretary for Cooperatives, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises responding to a number of questions, as well as the Cabinet Secretary in Charge of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Bills that I have mentioned earlier that are at the Second Reading Stage include the County Governments (State Officers Removal from Office) Procedure Bill (Senate Bills No.34 of 2024) and the Tobacco Control (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bills No.35 of 2024), which quite a number of Senators have had interesting perspectives on. There is also the County Governments (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bills No.25 of 2023) and the Street Naming and Property Addressing System Bill (Senate Bills No.43 of 2024), which is a very important Bill that will actually respond to part of the issues that were raised in the petition by Mr. Omusundi. The other Bills that are at the Committee of the Whole include; the Sports (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bills No.33 of 2024); the Public Fundraising Appeals Bill (Senate Bills No.36 of 2024); the Heritage and Museums Bill (Senate Bills No.8 of 2023); the Environmental Laws (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bills No.23 of 2024); The Statutory Instruments (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bills No.2 of 2023), the National Dialogue Committee (NADCO) Bill, The County Governments Election Laws (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bills No.2 of 2024), a NADCO Bill as well and the Labour Migration and Management (No.2) Bill (Senate Bills No.42 of 2024). 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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