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    "content": "Hon. Members, you will recall that on Tuesday, 16th June 2015 the Chair issued a guide on the manner of considering Presidential Memoranda on Bills concerning county governments. Article 115 of the Constitution requires that any amendment to the President’s recommendations, or a total rejection of the recommendation, should be supported by a vote of at least two-thirds of the Members of the National Assembly. In the consideration of Presidential Memoranda, the Constitution provides for three possible outcomes from Parliament:- 1. Parliament may amend the Bill, in light of the President’s reservations and recommendations. 2. Parliament may pass the Bill a second time without amendments. This requires a simple majority in both Houses. 3. Parliament may pass the Bill with amendments that do not fully accommodate the President’s reservations and recommendations. The first and the third outcomes require a vote supported by at least two-thirds of the membership of the National Assembly – that is 234 Members. During Committee of the whole House, any amendment that may involve deletion, insertion or substitution of any of the words proposed by the President, or a total rejection of any of the President’s reservations and recommendation should be subjected to the two-thirds majority rule. Hon. Members, there is a Supplementary Order Paper, which you should have been presented with. We are now moving to the Supplementary Order Paper."
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