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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Musila",
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        "legal_name": "David Musila",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Chair, I confirm that we have discussed this matter with the Chairperson of the Committee. He has abandoned the proposed amendment which is on the Order Paper in reference to the amendment which I am going to make just now. This is in relation to New Clause 9(a) as circulated. Madam Temporary Chair, I beg to move:- THAT the Bill be amended by inserting the following new Clause immediately after Clause 9 — 9A. (1) The process of approval of an agreement shall commence in the National Assembly. (2) The National Assembly shall consider an agreement within 60 days of its submission to the National Assembly and shall forward its resolution to the Senate for consideration. (3) If both Houses — (a) approve the ratification of an agreement; or (b) do not approve the ratification of an agreement; The Speaker of the National Assembly shall, within seven days of the decision, notify the relevant Cabinet Secretary. (4) Where either the National Assembly or the Senate votes to reject an agreement, the agreement shall be deemed to have been rejected by Parliament and the Speaker of the National Assembly shall, within seven days of the rejection, notify the relevant Cabinet Secretary (CS). (5) If within 60 days of submission of an agreement to the National Assembly, the National Assembly has not forwarded its resolution on the agreement to the Senate under sub-section (2), the National Assembly shall be deemed to have approved the agreement and the Senate shall commence its consideration of the agreement. (6) Where the Senate considers an agreement under subsection (5), the Speaker of the Senate shall, within seven days of the decision, notify the relevant Cabinet Secretary. The import of this amendment is that the original version talked about 30 days. I am proposing that we amend to 60 days, the reason being that the National Assembly which is supposed to begin may need to do public participation and, therefore, 30 days may be too few for the exercise to be undertaken. Therefore, I propose that we amend the number of days to 60. If after 60 days the National Assembly has not completed the consent on this matter, it will be brought to the Senate and the Senate will deal with the matter. It will be deemed that if they will not have done it in 60 days, it will be deemed that it has already been done. Therefore, the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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