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    "id": 765059,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Member, even if you are.... What is his name now? I do not know some of them. You cannot come with something that purports to be a flash. Some people are calling you a bishop of sorts. Members could take their seats. Did they take the induction seriously? Do not do that. Freeze! Hon. Members, this is Message No. 1 of 2017. It relates to a referral by His Excellency the President of the Institute of Directors of Kenya Bill, 2016, and the Refugees Bill, 2016. Hon. Members, my office has received various inquiries from Hon. Members, institutions and individuals regarding the fate of the Institute of Directors of Kenya Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 30 of 2016) and the Refugees Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 29 of 2016). For the information of the House, the two Bills which were sponsored by Hon. David Ochieng and Hon. Agostinho Neto respectively, were considered and passed in the last Parliament before the end of its term. Thereafter, during the June recess of the last Parliament, I presented the two Bills to His Excellency the President for assent in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution and our Standing Orders. As a matter of fact, I presented the Institute of Directors of Kenya Bill, 2016 and the Refugees Bill, 2016 for assent on 21st June 2017 and 21st July 2017, respectively. I wish to inform the House and the general public that, His Excellency the President, thereafter referred the two Bills back to the National Assembly for reconsideration pursuant to the provisions of Article 115(1)(b) of the Constitution on 4th July 2017 and 5th August 2017, respectively. In this regard, since the 11th Parliament had proceeded on a sine die recess from 15th June 2017 until the end of its term, the National Assembly did not have the opportunity to reconsider the two Bills. This implies and means that the two Bills have since lapsed in accordance with the provisions of Standing Order No. 141(4), which provides that: “A Bill, the consideration of which has not been concluded at the end of a term of a Parliament, shall lapse.” Since the said Bills were sponsored by individual Members who have lost their seats, any other Member is now at liberty to reintroduce any of them in accordance with the provisions of Standing Order No. 114. I thank you, Hon. Members. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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