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    "content": "(b) at the rate specified in this item for the period commencing on 27th August, 2010 and thereafter.” The effect of the amendment is to increase the amount of severance allowance payable to a Member of Parliament upon leaving office. This amendment was proposed by the Members during the Committee Stage. This proposal contravenes Article 230 of the Constitution which creates the Salaries and Remuneration Commission and confers upon it the mandate to, inter alia, “set and regularly review the remuneration and benefits of all state officers”. “State Officer” includes Members of Parliament as defined in Article 260 of the Constitution. In the premise, the Members of Parliament by proposing the above amendment to the Finance Bill, 2012, are in effect usurping the constitutional powers of the Salaries and Remuneration Commission. The proposal to review the remuneration and benefits of Members of Parliament as suggested should only emanate from the Salaries and Remuneration Commission as provided in the Constitution and the Salaries and Remuneration Act, 2011, and not unilaterally by the Members of Parliament from the privileged floor of the House. Recommendation: In view of the foregoing, I recommend that Clause 28 be deleted from the Bill.” Hon. Members, Standing Order No.125(6) provides that:- “When the President submits a Memorandum on a Bill to the Speaker pursuant to Section 46 of the Constitution, the House shall deliberate on such a memorandum within twenty-one days of the date when the House next meets.” I, therefore, direct that the Presidential Memorandum be circulated to all Members of Parliament and ask that the House Business Committee to programme it for consideration by the House on or before Thursday 6th December, 2012. Thank you. RETURNS ON BILLS RECEIVED FROM THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL Hon. Members, the second communication is with respect to returns on Bills received from the hon. Attorney-General, pursuant to the Standing Orders. Standing Order No.125 requires him to present to the President within 14 days of receipt from the Clerk every Bill passed by this House. Thereafter, at the expiry of 14 days, the Attorney-General is required to file a return to the Speaker indicating the time and the date that the Bill was presented to the President. The returns I received indicate that the following six Bills which were all passed by the National Assembly on various dates, were presented by the Attorney- General to His Excellency the President for assent and were all duly assented to as hereunder. (1) The Elections (Amendment) Bill of 2012, passed by the National Assembly on 5th September, 2012, and duly assented to on 11th October, 2012. (2) The Breast Milk Substitutes (Regulation and Control) Bill, 2012, passed by the National Assembly on 20th September, 2012, and duly assented to on 11th October, 2012. (3) The National Transport and Safety Authority Bill, 2012, passed by the National Assembly on 25th September, 2012, and duly assented to on 12th October, 2012."
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