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    "content": "knowledge, this is one of the Bills that were subject to discussion between this House and the National Assembly when a similar Bill was introduced in the National Assembly addressing the same subject matter. Therefore, it was felt that Article 110 which mandates a determination in such cases as to which House that Bill should go should be initiated. So, we can only remind the House that, perhaps, that is a Bill that requires urgent conclusion, but it is now the subject of Article 110 process. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other thing is actually to say that you can direct or guide this House whether it is in order to, for example, if I have submitted business as the Senate Majority Leader or an individual senator, or Senate Minority Leader, is there a way in which we can petition or maybe make the Rules and Business Committee see the urgency of some of these things? I say this because personally, I am a victim of Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale’s predicament, notwithstanding that I am Leader of Majority. I submitted a long time ago the KEMSA (Amendment) Bill, 2013. Right now, we are staring at a crisis because we have health facilities, except national and referral hospitals, which are actually under county governments. However, the county governments have no capacity to procure, distribute and store drags and vaccines. There is no legal framework to facilitate a national agency like KEMSA to service county governments within the law. So, I have introduced an amendment Bill to the KEMSA Act. But up to now, it is still somewhere in the system. So, with due respect and without compromising my membership or the entire work of the RBC, there is need for some way of prioritization, especially to consider Bills as more urgent business than Motions. Again, the mandate is collectively vested on the RBC and unless the Speaker guides, I am not aware of a way in which an individual person who has submitted business before the Committee can urge or petition, where there is a delay."
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