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    "id": 611714,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Katoo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Judah Katoo Ole-Metito",
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    "content": "which we extended the deadline to 27th May, 2015. These are the Public Audit Bill, 2014, the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Bill, 2014 and the law actualising Article 47 of the Constitution, whose Bill is not yet even published. On the same note, this year, which is the fifth year following the promulgation of our Constitution, Parliament ought to enact legislation covering the following subjects by 27th August, 2015. These include community land in accordance with Article 63 of the Constitution, regulation of land use and property which is in accordance with Article 66, agreements relating to natural resources as par Article 71 of the Constitution, the promotion of representation of marginalised groups in accordance with Article 100 of the Constitution and any other law required to be enacted by the Constitution. Hon. Deputy Speaker it is, therefore, a wake-up call to the Committees of this House, specifically the Committee on oversight, which is the committee concerned with the implementation of the Constitution, to take a conscious decision to engage the Office of the Attorney-General, the Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution (CIC) and other relevant agencies to ensure that the Bills are introduced in the House in a timely manner. Finally, we also have passage of legislation with constitutional timelines. We have about 20 legislations which we ought to have considered this year. That is why the calendar that is appended to the Order Paper has been arranged as proposed. We, therefore, propose that the House holds 123 sittings, excluding any special sittings, or morning sittings held on Tuesdays and Thursdays, which may eventually be inevitable."
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