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    "id": 374333,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "On Tuesday next week, the 23rd July, 2013, it is expected that the Departmental Committee on Education, Research and Technology will table its report to the House on the vetting of the nominees to the Teachers Service Commission and also give notice of Motion for consideration of that report. If you allow me, the Chairperson of that Committee may confirm the position after making this Statement. This is in keeping with your Communication on 10th July, 2013, regarding the timelines for vetting of the said nominees. On the same day, the House Business Committee proposes that the House will consider a Motion seeking to extend the constitutional timelines for the passage of the relevant legislation to actualize the provisions of Article 34. These are Bills related to the freedom of the media. The Constitutional Implementation Oversight Committee has since informed the HBC that the CIC only forwarded the legislative proposal on the freedom of the media Bill to the Cabinet last week. The Cabinet is yet to forward them to us for publication. It is, therefore, clear that if Parliament is to consider these Bills in detail, it is not possible to pass them by the deadline of 27th August, 2013, even if we were to forego our August recess. On the flipside, and I want the Members to hear me very clearly, the Members are aware that pursuant to Article 261(5), failure to pass these Bills before the constitutional timeline of 27th August, 2013, may attract any member of the public to petition the High Court to dissolve Parliament. We do not want to travel that route. In this regard, I wish to request all the Members to be present in the House on Tuesday next week to pass the Motion for extension which requires two-thirds majority of the House. I urge my colleagues that we should all be here on Tuesday next week at 2.30 p.m., so that we can get the required two-thirds majority to get the extension for the four months. If we do not do it, the many Omtatas will go to court and dissolve Parliament. On the same day, the HBC will be requesting the House to reduce the publication period of the National Police Service and the National Police Service Commission (Amendment) Bills, which have since been published and are within the precincts of Parliament. This will enable the relevant Departmental Committees to commence the process of consideration of the said Bills and also subject the two Bills to public scrutiny. The House will thereafter consider a Motion to nominate Members to the Pan-African Parliament in accordance with the Pan-African Parliament Protocol. Thereafter, the House may continue debate for the Second Reading of the following Bills, if debate is not concluded by then:- (i) The Capital Markets (Amendment) Bill, 2013. (ii) The Kenya Deposit Insurance (Amendment) 2013. (iii) The Micro-Finance (Amendment) Bill, 2013. (iv) The Insurance (Amendment) Bill, 2013."
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