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    "content": "be reconsidered by the National Assembly, including his recommendation for amendments.” ii) On whether the President can introduce new clauses in the Memoranda, I wish to state that Article 115(1)(b) provides that the President shall- \"refer the Bill back to Parliament for reconsideration by Parliament, noting any reservations that the President has concerning the Bill\". This means that the President can only object to what is already in the Bill and in proposing how to deal with the reservations, he may propose amendments to the specific clauses, including such other consequential amendments in form of new clauses. Therefore, new clauses in place of those in the Bill can be proposed so long as they are within the scope of the Bill. iii) On whether the New Clauses have to follow all the legislative stages, I wish to state that at the stage of reservations, a Bill will have been passed by Parliament. By considering the Memorandum, Parliament is not re-opening debate on a Bill, but restricting itself to the “reservations”. In my view, the new clauses need not go through the entire legislative process of First, Second and Third Readings. Arising from this and upon further reflection and given the fact that the Joint Committee appointed to consider the Memoranda failed to submit a report, I now direct that the Memoranda on the two Bills be placed in the Order Paper for Thursday, 29th October, 2015, for consideration in Committee of the Whole. As has been the practice, at the Committee Stage, each proposal by the President will be considered and voted on independently. It is important to note that Senators may amend the President’s proposals, but will require the support of at least two-thirds of the delegations in line with Article 115(4)(b) of the Constitution. I thank you. What is it, Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.?"
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