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"content": "(Sen. (Prof) Kindiki): Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this is the Statement regarding the Business of the Senate for next week. I want to start by saying that the Business of next week will be interrupted or conditioned by the activity taking place tomorrow at 2.30 p.m. As hon. Senators would know, His Excellency the President Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta will address the Joint Sitting of Parliament tomorrow Thursday 26th March, 2015 at 2.30 p.m. That is the reason we are giving the Business of the week earlier because we will not have Statements tomorrow. On Tuesday, 31st of March, 2015 at 12.00 o’clock, the Rules and Business Committee (RBC) will meet and schedule business for the week but also in accordance with the Standing Orders, the Senate is expected to commence debate on the Presidential Address for a period not exceeding three days. So, because of that requirement, we will commence debate on the Presidential Address on Tuesday morning and that will continue to Tuesday afternoon which, according to the Standing Orders, I understand should be considered as the second day; and Wednesday morning. On Wednesday afternoon, which will be on 1st April, 2015, the Senate will continue with business which will not be concluded today, giving priority to Bills that are going to go to the Committee of the Whole, especially Bills that have constitutional deadlines; namely The Environmental Management and Co-ordination (Amendment) Bill, The Public Service (Values And Principles) Bill and the expected Public Audit Bill. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, on Thursday, 2nd April, 2015, the Senate is expected, subject to the direction of the Rules and Business Committee (RBC), to debate various Bills that are on Second Reading or Committee of the Whole, including Bills that have constitutional deadlines that will not be discussed or that will not have been concluded as well as other Bills that have come from the National Assembly but have been with this Senate for a long time. I want to point out two Bills, the Mining Bill and the Drought Management Authority Bill, which we have had for a while. It is hoped that we can finish those Bills on Thursday. Finally, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as hon. Senators may be aware, our Senate Calendar – which we adopted at the beginning of this Session – requires that we proceed on recess next week on Thursday, 2nd April, 2015. I will, therefore, be moving an Adjournment Motion at the conclusion of business on that day and, for that reason, especially given that we have a number of Bills with constitutional deadlines and other Bills that have come from the National Assembly and have been with us for a long time, I want to appeal to Senators to be present so that we can conclude that business and proceed on our recess as per schedule. This is important so that we do not interfere with other planned activities of Committees. Our Calendar is normally aligned even to the Calendar of the National Assembly and county assemblies countrywide. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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