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    "id": 485154,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Baiya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Peter Njoroge Baiya",
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    "content": "national Government and introduced in this House. It has already gone through First Reading. It is due for Second Reading on 2nd September, 2014 – after the 27th August 2014 constitutional deadline. In the same stage is the legislation relating to environment, under Article 72. A Bill has already gone through the First Reading. It is due for Second Reading around the same time. Likewise, there is legislation relating to audit of public entities. As on 10th July, 2014 the National Treasury had completed preparation of the draft Bill, which was forwarded to the CIC. It is now being processed before being released to the National Assembly for publication. The same applies to the legislation on procurement of public goods and services. The final Bill relates to the values and principles of public service. Hon. Speaker, in view of the clear requirements of the Constitution, particularly Article 261(2), we require ample time to be able to process all these Bills. We already have the drafts but due to the extended process of involvement of the Senate with regard to the procedure for enactment of Bills concerning the counties, we require at least nine months for those legislations which will take more time. We are, therefore, urging hon. Members to pass this Motion. The delay in presenting this legislation emanated from delayed presentation of the draft Bills from the Executive in spite the persistent pressure put on it by the CIC, the Constitution Implementation Oversight Committee (CIOC) as well as this House, through the Speaker, and the Leader of the Majority Party. So, we urge hon. Members to appreciate the fact that the blame for this delay does not emanate from Parliament. It emanates from the Executive’s inability to present the Bills to the CIC for processing in good time. Hon. Speaker, with those remarks, I beg to support and urge the Deputy Minority Leader, hon. Midiwo, to second the Motion."
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