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    "content": "that Members can go and engage members of the public then we have a Bill that will move this country forward. I recognize the contribution of Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. A concern was raised earlier of the presence of a similar Bill in the National Assembly. I want to request the Committee that once they have elected their Chairperson, they explore ways of finding out whether the Bill in the National Assembly is Similar to the Bill that is in this House and the discussions between the two speakers and through the permission of the two Speakers, explore mechanisms under our standing orders of having a joint sitting so that we can collate and take advantage of the synergy that comes with looking at ideas from different perspectives. They can jointly engage in structured public participation and project to the nation that the two Houses can work together as a team. They will come back with a Report that will have been robustly checked by legislators from both Houses siting in this Committee. If I may borrow what somebody said of the Supreme Court judgement; each judge must write their own judgements and each Committee must write their own Report. Those opportunities are provided in the Standing Orders. If there is a possibility that there will be duplication of public participation and other engagements that are related to the Bill, this Committee once formed can explore a mechanism through the Speakers of holding joint committees of the House and come up with a process that can take this country forward. I want to repeat for the umpteenth time that I request the minority coalition, especially Sen. Orengo and Sen. Wetangula, that in the same way they make stories in the media, going there like ordinary citizens who are not elected and giving press statements, come ye to the House, give us four Members, let them settle in this Committee and bring your concerns here to be ventilated by this House. At the end of this legislative period, let us see whether your concerns were accommodated in the manner you wanted and whether you reasonably proposed a mechanism of making this law better. With those many remarks, I move the Motion and request the Senior Senator Yusuf Haji to second."
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