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"content": "if, God forbid, more Kenyans die. This Bill is from the Committee on Administration and National Security. In my opinion, in developing this Bill, they must have consulted, either formally or informally, all the players and institutions whose 30 plus Acts are being amended. It is now an opportunity for the Committee - I am told the whole morning and this afternoon they are still engaged in public participation, to fast-track the Bill. This is a unique Bill, for which the House can be recalled. The situation in which this Bill has been brought necessitates that if we were on recess, we ought to be re-called to discuss it; it touches on the lives and the property of the people of Kenya. The Law Society of Kenya Bill, 2013, which has been here for too long, is also a very important agenda. The Law Society of Kenya, through their Chairperson and its membership, has written to my office and I have said that we will consider it. It is also very bad on the part of Parliament to go on recess at the end of the Second Session in 2014 when we have not disposed of a very important Law Society of Kenya Bill, which was published and the First and Second Readings undertaken. It is just awaiting the Committee stage. Thirdly, there is a report of the Public Investments Committee (PIC) on the procurement of independent consultant for the design, review, construction and supervision of the Standard Gauge Railway. If the PIC agrees with us this afternoon, then we can dispose of that matter because it touches on the Standard Gauge Railway, a project that is already underway. Yesterday, this House approved the increase of debt ceiling under which, primarily, money to fund the Standard Gauge Railway project is to come from external funding. Finally, there is a report by the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade on privatisation of sugar companies. If we get time between tomorrow morning and the afternoon sitting, that will enable us to deal with the Security Laws (Amendment) Bill, finish with the PAC Report and the accounts of the Kenya Government for the three financial years that the Committee diligently discussed. Also, we will deal with the Law Society of Kenya Bill and the two reports. It is important that we rise to the occasion in as far as the Security Laws (Amendment) Bill is concerned. Many times, we have accused the Executive, Joseph ole Lenku, the former Cabinet Secretary for Interior and Coordination of National Government. On this Floor in various Adjournment Motions, we have accused the former Inspector-General of Police and the presidency. If the buck stops with the President, then that must also be seen in legislation. We must make sure that conflicts between the various arms of the Government are considered. I do not want to talk much about that Bill because my colleagues and I will do so when it comes to the Second Reading, if this Motion is approved, tomorrow morning. I will ask hon. Katoo ole Metito to second this straightforward Procedural Motion to allow us to have a sitting tomorrow, Thursday, 11th December, 2014 from 9.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thank you, hon. Speaker."
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