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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Zani",
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        "legal_name": "Agnes Zani",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. At that time, I was not contributing to a Motion that I am now seconding as Sen. Kagwe alleges. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the dates are there; the Senate passed the Bill on 20th May, 2015 and the National Assembly passed it on 26th May, 2015. Of course, we are discussing the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Bill. The President was to assent to the Bill on 27th May, 2015. This did not happen. What the President did instead was to send a Memorandum to Parliament. The key word here is “Parliament”. When we listen to various people speaking they confuse that term. This has happened many times and even at an event you stressed that Kenyans have to realize that when we talk about Parliament we are talking about the National Assembly and the Senate. I think that confusion should be eradicated so that it is very clear that when we refer to Parliament, we are referring to the National Assembly and the Senate. In the first place, the process included both the National Assembly and Senate, it is only fair that the process is concluded by both Houses. The issues that have been raised by the President in the Memorandum need to be articulated and processed by both Houses. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the proposal for the joint-committee has already been made in the respective Standing Orders; Standing Order No.155 of the National Assembly and Standing Order No.153 of the Senate. The process is very clear. What we expected in terms of the trajectory that should have happened is that this joint committee should have already been formed. The Senate should have given the names of five Members and the National Assembly should have also given their set of five Members so that we have a committee of ten Members. These ten Members would then make an agreement on the way forward so that they now present the Bill in a form that is acceptable or respond to the 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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