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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, before we proceed to the next Order, I wish to make a Communication. Hon. Members, as you may be aware, before we proceed to the next Order which is Committee of the whole House to consider the Insurance (Amendment) Bill, 2017 and the Finance Bill, 2017 at the Committee stage, I wish to remind the House of the provisions of Article 114(2) of of the Constitution and Standing Order No. 133(2) and (5) relating to amendments. These provisions state as follows: ―Article 114 (2) (2) If, in the opinion of the Speaker of the National Assembly, a motion makes provision for a matter listed in the definition of ―a money Bill‖, the Assembly may proceed only in accordance with the recommendation of the relevant Committee of the Assembly after taking into account the views of the Cabinet Secretary responsible for finance.‖ Standing Order No. 133(2) states as follows: ―No amendment shall be moved to any part of a Bill by any Member, other than the Member in charge of the Bill, unless written notification of the amendment shall have been given to the Clerk twenty-four hours before the commencement of the sitting at which that part of the Bill is to be considered in Committee; (5) No amendment shall be permitted to be moved if the amendment deals with a different subject or proposes to unreasonably or unduly expand the subject of the Bill, or is not appropriate or is not in logical sequence to the subject matter of the Bill.‖ In this regard, I have declined to approve several amendments proposed by various Members to the Insurance (Amendment) Bill and the Finance Bill, 2017 that had a ―money Bill‖ effect or expanded the scope of the Bill. On the proposal by the Leader of the Majority Party to the Companies Act, I am of the view that the proposed amendments are better placed in the Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2017 which has just been read a First Time today. On the amendment by Hon. Benjamin Langat, MP relating to the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act, it is because, notwithstanding the proposed amendments, the Auditor-General is still required, under the Constitution‘s Article 229 to audit all pension funds. Therefore, removing them from the provisions of the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act will be in violation of the Constitution."
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