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    "id": 675578,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Njomo",
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        "id": 1784,
        "legal_name": "Jude L. Kangethe Njomo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. As you are aware, I introduced the Banking (Amendment) Bill, 2015 at the end of last year. I thank the HBC for prioritising my Bill for the First and Second Reading and even agreed to extend debating time in the House on the Bill. The Bill is now due for the Committee of the whole House and the Third Reading. While the HBC has severally intended to prioritise the Bill for the last stage, I am aware the representation of Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade in the HBC has objected to the Bill being put for Third Reading as they are not ready with their Report. As a matter of fact, I know the Committee has scheduled to hear from the banking industry players, the regulators, the consumers and other stakeholders on the Bill, but it has taken inordinately long time. The Standing Orders give the Committee 20 days but they have now taken over four months and yet, they have not tabled a report in the House. While public participation on a legislative process is a constitutional requirement, it is unfair that participating seems to be used to curtail noble legislative agenda. I now seek your intervention as we go for the short recess, to ask the Committee to conclude the process and table their report upon resumption from the short recess, preferably before the tabling of the Finance Bill. To conclude, I would also like to take this opportunity to wish our Muslim brothers and sisters Eid Mubarak . Thank you."
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