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    "id": 494889,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chepkong’a",
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Kiprono Chepkonga",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, when hon. Midiwo was contributing on a point of order, he kept on referring to you as the Chairman. I looked to see whether Standing Orders have been amended so that you become the Chairman when you are sitting there. I hope the HANSARD will be corrected to show that you were the Speaker. I hope it is not the confusion between the Committee on General Oversight and this House. I rise on a point of order pursuant to Standing Order No.83 read together with Standing Order Nos.96 and 40. I have two issues. One, I am seeking that the discussion on Bill No.9 and Bill No.11 be adjourned in accordance with Standing Order No.96. The reason is that the Constitution, in Article 118 requires that Parliament shall facilitate public participation and involvement in the legislative process of Parliament and its Committees. As you know, this is a requirement and it is a matter that is at the core of legislation-making of this House, that the public must be given an opportunity to participate in lawmaking. Pursuant to that, the Clerk sent out a notice requesting for memoranda from the public. The notice of those memoranda is due to expire today at 5.00 p.m. So, for us to discuss these two Bills without considering the input of the public would be going against our own principles or jurisprudence of the Constitution. Secondly, we have also received today comments from the Principal Secretary of the National Treasury concerning the two Bills; the Companies Bill and the Insolvency Bill. The Committee has not considered these comments. We will be looking at the memoranda from the public and see what they have said. We have received something from the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK) today. We are also waiting for the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) who said that they will be sending a memorandum before the close of business today. These are two institutions which are critical in participating in the making of law with respect to these two Bills that are pending in this House. As a consequence, I am moving that the discussion with regard to the Insolvency Bill, 2013 and the Companies Bill, 2013, be adjourned to a later time when we can then file our report after considering all the memoranda."
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