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    "content": "one by the Member for Nyeri town. Is Hon. Esther Murugi still in the House? Yes, even that one is an old petition. When a Committee takes longer than the 60 days--- Standing Order No.227 is very clear that you should table the Report within 60 calendar days. If there is need to seek for extension, you must bring your request to the House. The Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs has done that on a number of occasions. I thought he was setting a precedent so that other Committee Chairpersons can follow. If you think you are going to take longer than you expect, come to the House and seek for extension. You cannot just sit and assume it is business as usual because by the time you file the report, certain other things would have happened. For instance, on what Hon. Chris Wamalwa has just disclosed, the Committee needs to be told: “Do not bother pursuing that matter because it has already been resolved one way or the other.” So, the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Cooperatives, please take note that many of the petitions that are with you, even though you want to table the reports tomorrow or next week, they are already outside the allowable time limits. You needed to get extension of time from the House to continue considering them. This is because it is the House that has created the committees and it is the House that can resolve to extend the time. It cannot be that the Committee extends time on its own volition. It must be the House. So, those petitions that have gone beyond the 60 days before you table the report, you must come to the House and get the House to extend the time. Otherwise, you will be acting in vain. Please ensure that the reports are brought to the House. On the reports that have been brought, the HBC has resolved that they will always get priority on specific days so that they are adopted by the House. This will enable the Committee on Implementation chaired by Hon. Soipan to take up the matter on follow up. But they cannot follow up the matter when no report has been tabled, unless there is a Member who wants to contribute. Hon. Murugi, do you wish to comment something on your Petition?"
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