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    "id": 455279,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 15,
        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "The second part of this Session, according to the calendar, will involve the passage of the Appropriation Bill or the Vote on Account by 26th June, 2014. During this period also we expect to pass the eight Constitutional Bills, which have a deadline of 27th August, 2014. Finally, the most important is the Finance Bill, by 27th September, 2014. The breaks in between will allow the committees to thoroughly review the Bills before debate and conclusion of the same. At this juncture, I request the Chairperson of the Constitutional Implementation Oversight Committee (CIOC) to engage early enough with the Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution (CIC) to ensure that these Constitutional Bills are received by the House, latest by May, 2014. This will save us the rush that has been experienced in the past during review and passage of these Bills. The third and final part of the Session will be dedicated to finalizing the remainder of the Bills, presented throughout the year, giving priority to those that began in the First Session pursuant to Standing Order No.141(2). According to Standing Order No.27(1) the last day of this Session is scheduled to be the first Thursday of December as shown in the calendar. This is already shaping up to be busier and given the heavy workload ahead of us, we are scheduled to have a total of 131 days in this Session as compared to 108 sitting days in the First Session. So we are sitting some extra 20 plus days. Finally, I wish to thank Members for their contribution so far to the Business of the House and encourage them to participate more in the debates on the Floor and in various committees in fulfillment of our constitutional mandate. This is our calendar; it is a rule as per the new Constitution. I hope and pray that a judge somewhere will not sit and give an order to stop the sittings of this House. I am sure the Judiciary is watching what we are doing this afternoon. This House is discussing its own calendar as per the Constitution and the Standing Orders. If we pass this calendar, then it will be gazetted for public consumption and I am sure many copies will be delivered to the Judiciary, so that in their many unconstitutional orders, which they issue, they will have a copy of the calendar, and not do it from a position of ignorance. They should read our calendar and tell litigants that this Parliament has its road map and calendar which is based on the Standing Orders and the Constitution. I want to ask the Member for Kilifi North and the Chief Minority Whip to second as a serious Member of the House Business Committee. 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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