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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kagwe",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to second the Motion and to thank the Chairman and all those who participated in this exercise. Clearly, a lot of work went into it and yet a lot more work still needs to go into it. The introduction of a bicameral Parliament in this Republic also had implications on the Standing Orders. I think with the wisdom of hindsight, there are now certain aspects of the Standing Orders that we must seriously look at, even as we finish the exercise. I want to particularly bring to the Members’ attention, my intention to change Standing Order No. 146 as spelt out in Standing Order No. 63 of this particular proposed procedure of amendment. In Standing Order No. 146, the change that has been proposed in the Standing Orders relates to the aspect of Bills that are being considered. In other words, a Bill which is interrupted at the end of a session with leave of the Speaker. That has been addressed and, therefore, a Bill that has been interrupted at the end of a session shall resume. However, the biggest challenge in these Standing Orders in view of the bicameral Parliament is actually Standing Order No. 146(3). This is because in Standing Order No. 146(3), consideration of a Bill which has not been concluded at the end of a term of Parliament shall lapse. I realise that this comes out of practice of parliaments particularly in the Commonwealth. Mr. Speaker, Sir, time has come, at least, in this country where we must address this issue. My proposed amendment on that will be that it should read the same way it reads in Standing Order No. 146 (2) that it shall resume. The reason for this is that if you look at our Order Paper today, there are 24 Bills. Some are our own Bills while others are Bills that have been referred to us by the National Assembly. The question that arises is what is going to happen to those 24 Bills? Those 24 Bills and the other ones that are still pending in the National Assembly amount to all the work that has been done by the Eleventh Parliament. The implication of this is that this Parliament would have wasted so much money in human and financial resources travelling overseas and benchmarking in other nations. For example, I have just tabled the Report of a visit of the ICT Committee to Japan and Thailand. Those visits were benchmarking on the Cyber Security Bill. It means, therefore, that a new Committee"
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