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    "content": "Hon. Members, I wish to notify you that the National Assembly has planned a two-day retreat for the leadership of the House under the theme: “Lessons Learnt and Consolidating the Gains.” The retreat will be held from 18th to 21st February 2016 at the Serena Beach Hotel in Mombasa. The retreat is held with a view to availing an opportunity for the Majority and Minority Party office holders, Members of the House Business Committee, Committee Chairpersons and Parliamentary Service Commissioners to review the progress made in fulfilling our constitutional mandate. The highlight of the retreat will be the discussions with the Chairperson of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury, the offices of the Registrar of Political Parties and the Political Parties Dispute Tribunal on the preparations for the next Parliament. This will include consideration of the administrative, legal and budgetary requirements which ought to be facilitated by Parliament to ensure free and fair elections in 2017. The Secretary to the Parliament of South Africa has also agreed to attend and make a presentation. Thereafter, the resolutions of the retreat will be presented to the House next week. The second Communication relates to a piece of proposed legislation titled: “The Military Veterans Bill, National Assembly Bill No.34 of 2013.”"
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