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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, following the guidance of the Speaker yesterday, the House will have a one hour general debate on the Uwezo Fund Regulations on Tuesday. Thereafter, the House will convert into a Committee of the whole House to consider the regulations, including any amendment. I wish to reiterate your request, hon. Speaker, that any Member with amendments should present them to the Clerk before the end of the day today. This is because the Order Paper for Tuesday next week will be prepared and published today on our website. Hon. Speaker, next week the House will consider the Report of the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security on the Vetting of the Chairperson of the Board of NACADA. Through you, hon. Speaker, may I urge the Committee to expedite the tabling of the Report in the House to enable Members to acquaint themselves with the contents of the Report and the recommendations of the Committee. I also wish to notify the House that the two Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bills have since been read the First Time. The larger Bill contains matters not concerning county governments. The second one touches on matters affecting the county governments. The period for consideration of the larger Bill by the Departmental Committees was reduced from 20 days to 14 days by a resolution of the House yesterday. This Bill carries proposed amendments to a number of laws part of which should be passed before the end of the session together with other eight Bills. In view of the fact that the House has about 13 sitting days before the December recess, it is the intention of the HBC to seek leave to allow the House to have sittings on Thursday mornings commencing next week. Also we will be asking the House to have Second Reading of Bills prioritized for Wednesdays morning as we did yesterday. May I kindly ask Members to support this new development, so that by the end of the session, we will have passed the remaining nine Bills. Hon. Speaker, as we edge towards December, I wish to urge Departmental Committees to adjust their programmes to be able to deal with the Bills adequately and table Reports in the House pursuant to Standing Order No. 127(4) and (5). It is our view, as the HBC, that upon conclusion of debate on these Bills, the Committee of the whole House may take place in the last week of this session. I wish to inform Members that I have since received an indication that the following two joint Committees are ready to hold elections for the chairpersons: The Joint Committee on National Cohesion and Equal Opportunity will hold its election next week on Thursday at 9.00 a.m. The Joint Committee on Parliamentary Broadcasting and Library will hold its election on the same day at 11.30 a.m. Members of the two joint committees are urged to avail themselves in good time. I hope our colleagues in the Senate will have time from their busy schedule in the counties. Finally, the HBC will meet on Tuesday, 19th November, 2013 at the rise of the House to consider business for the rest of the week. I now wish to lay this Statement on the Table. I can see hon. Jakoyo laughing because the Senate had no sessions in the last two days. They were busy in the counties. I hope next week they will be in the city and help our colleagues from the National Assembly to conduct the elections in the two joint committees. Hon. Speaker, in future, we might be forced to amend the Standing Orders so that we have an Equal Opportunity Committee of the National Assembly and one for The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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