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"content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion under Standing Order No.45, which provide for the kind of Motions that may be moved without notice. It includes the Motion that I want to move. Standing Order No.45(g) states:- \"The following Motions may be moved without notice: A Motion made in accordance with Standing Orders governing the procedure as to Bills. Standing Order No.98 provides that:- \"No Bill shall be introduced unless such Bill, together with the Memorandum referred to in Standing Order 97 (Memorandum of objects and reasons) has been published in the Gazette (as a Bill to be originated in the House), and unless, in the case of a Consolidated Fund Bill, an Appropriation Bill or a Supplementary Appropriations Bill, a period of seven days, and in the case of any other Bill, a period of 14 days, beginning in each case with the day of such publication, or such shorter period as the House may resolve with respect to the Bill, has ended.\" Therefore, I beg to move the following Motion. THAT, this House resolves that the period for the introduction of the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill, 2008, published in the Special Issue of the Kenya Gazette as the Kenya Gazette Supplement No.14, Bills No.1 and the National Accord and Reconciliation Bill, 2008, published in the Special Issue of the Kenya Gazette, as Kenya Gazette Supplement No.15, Bills No.2, both be reduced from 14 days to five days from the date of publication in respect of each Bill, following the publication of the Bills on 6th March, 2008 by the Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs and the Attorney-General, respectfully. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am moving this Motion on the basis of the Accord that was signed by His Excellency the President, Mr. Kibaki and Mr. Raila Odinga. That accord was made and signed on 28th February, 2008. Part of it read as follows:- \"Having agreed to the critical issues above, we will now take this process to Parliament. It will be convened at the earliest moment to enact these agreements. This will be in the form of an Act of Parliament and the necessary amendments to the Constitution.\" Mr. Speaker, Sir, if you remember the background to the convening of the House, it was in pursuance of the Accord which was signed by the two leaders on 28 February, 2008. If you look at the Presidential Speech which was delivered last week, on page 13 of the written Speech, he said as follows:- \"In this regard, four Bills should be accorded the highest priority; namely, the National Accord and Reconciliation Bill, the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill\" There are other Bills. Mr. Speaker, Sir, if, like me, you have had the occasion to look at the programme of the House for the week, those two Bills, starting from tomorrow, are shown as part of the business that this House is going to deal with in the course of this week. If you look at it, both Bills appear for Wednesday and Thursday. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are in a very difficult problem. Those Bills cannot be discussed before the expiry of 14 days. They cannot even be introduced in the House before the expiry of 14 days. The House Business Committee (HBC) cannot deal with the Bills in preparation of the business of the House if they are not introduced in the House by way of First Reading. Therefore, these being the circumstances in which we are, I beg to move:- THAT, the publication period for the two Bills be reduced from 14 days to five days. That will make it possible for the HBC to deal with the Bills. It will also make it possible for 54 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES March 11, 2008 the First Reading to be undertaken before the Bills are dealt by the House. Both Bills cannot be introduced until after the expiry of 14 days. I, therefore, urge hon. Members that, in keeping with the momentum of the two leaders and the desire of Kenyans as a whole, this Motion be passed by way of a resolution of the House. I have shown that I do not need to give notice. I can stand on my feet and raise the Motion. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move and ask my friend, Ms. Martha Karua, to second the Motion."
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