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    "id": 581053,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise under Standing Order No.44 to make this Statement, whose objective is to inform the House on the fate of the Joint Committee appointed by the House on 7th July 2015 to consider the President’s Memoranda on the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Bill, 2015 and the Public Audit Bill, 2015. Hon. Speaker, you will recall that on request of the Senate, this House constituted a Joint Committee comprising of the following Members: Hon. Sakaja Johnson, Hon. Mary Emasse, Hon. Jakoyo Midiwo, Hon. Adbikadir Aden and Hon. Samuel Chepkong’a. The Senate was represented in the Joint Committee by Sen. Billow Kerrow, Sen. Mutahi Kagwe, Sen. (Dr.) Agnes Zani, Sen. (Prof.) Anyang Nyong’o and Sen. Beatrice Elachi. In your Communication on 7th July 2015, you directed the membership of the National Assembly in the Joint Committee to convey, uphold and put emphasis on the decision of the National Assembly and the decisions that had been made on 18th June 2015 and 23rd June 2015 on the two Bills. Hon. Speaker, the Joint Committee commenced its meetings on Tuesday, 28th July 2015. Prior to that, the National Assembly delegation had separately met and agreed to convey and uphold the National Assembly decisions as directed by the Speaker. Committee meetings were conducted in accordance with the Standing Orders of both Houses and Joint Rules, save for Standing Order No.155 of the National Assembly that was suspended on 16th June 2015. The reports of the Joint Committee were not adopted during the fourth sitting of the Joint Committee meeting held on Thursday, 6th August 2015 at 10.00 a.m. being the sitting day preceding expiry of the 14 days. Efforts to have the Chairman of the Committee, Sen. Billow Kerrow, formally convene a second meeting on Thursday, 6th August 2015 at 5.00 p.m. for purposes of considering and adopting the two reports did not materialise. It is worth noting that pursuant to provisions of Standing Order No.155 of the National Assembly, which stands suspended, and Standing Order No.158 (1) of the Senate, the 14 days timeline within which the report of a Joint Committee should be laid on the Table of the House lapsed. Now that the Joint Committee is time-barred and further in consideration of the fact that the Joint Committee had not agreed on the Report, including amendments to the Presidential Memoranda on the two Bills, the membership of the National Assembly in the Joint Committee"
}