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    "content": "REVIEW OF THE PROCEDURE AND TIMELINES FOR ADVERTISEMENTS AND RECEIPT OF VIEWS ON BILSL AND OTHER MATTERS UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THE SENATE Hon. Senators, there is a petition made to the Senate pursuant to Article 119 of the Constitution of Kenya and Part (XXIV) of the Senate Standing Orders by the Institute for Social Accountability concerning public participation on the Public Finance Management Regulations and other matters before the Senate. Pursuant to Standing Orders No.220 Paragraph 1(a) and No.225 Paragraph 2(b), I hereby report to the Senate that the a Petition has been submitted by a civil society initiative known as The Institute for Social Accountability (TISA), through the Clerk requesting the Senate to review the procedure and timelines for advertisements and receipt of views from the public on Bills and other matters under consideration by the Senate. Under Article 119(1) of the Constitution: “Every person has a right to petition Parliament to consider any matter within his authority, including enacting, amending or repealing any legislation.” The petitioner is a civil society registered in Kenya and the petition is signed by Ms.Wanjiru Gikonyo, the National Coordinator of the initiative. Hon. Senators, in this Petition, the petitioner wishes to bring to the attention of the Senate the following issues for consideration, and to take the necessary measure to address the same: (i) That information on Bills and other matters under consideration by the Senate and invitations thereof to the public to submit views and memoranda are only placed in national newspapers. This limits public participation on such matters to the small minority that has access to the newspapers. (ii) That the timelines given to the public to review the matter under consideration, to prepare memoranda and to submit the same before the relevant Senate committee is too short to allow sufficiently informed participation. (iii) Further to (ii) above, instances arise where the documents under review are unavailable on the Senate Website as stated in the advert, thus further limiting public participation on the same. In reference to the Public Finance Management Regulations (2015), the petitioner prays that the Senate Sessional Committee on Delegated Legislation defers consideration of the same until the public has been well informed of the proposed regulations through advertisements in all the 47 counties, and allowed sufficient time to interrogate and give their input on the draft Regulations. Hon. Senators, pursuant to Standing Order No. 226, I shall now allow comments, observations or clarifications related to the petition for not more than 30 minutes. 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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