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"content": "Order, Members. Yesterday I announced that there is going to be a post- election induction seminar, and we will have guests from other Parliaments and jurisdictions. We do not want them to tell us that they shout to their Speaker to put a question to a Motion that has only been moved and seconded without being proposed, certainly not within the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) jurisdiction. So just relax. Of course, both Hon. Duale and Hon. Mbadi have explained the functions, and most of you appreciate. I saw Hon. Angwenyi smile quite widely when he heard his name being mentioned, because he was in the House at the time when the Motion seeking leave of the House would be moved, even before you could propose a Bill. First of all you had to go through a Motion to seek leave of the House. That particular Motion on that Wednesday morning—I am sure Hon. Angwenyi remembers the sumptuous breakfast that was available on that particular day for Members of Parliament from one side of the divide—seeking leave of the House to introduce a Motion to amend Section 45(b) of the then Constitution. It was a very momentous occasion. So, Members, all I need to emphasise even as I propose the Question is that the Bill titled “Parliamentary Service (Amendment) Act” is intended to among other things align the provisions of the current Act with our Constitution. It is actually shameful that we have enacted so many other laws and repealed several others to align them with the Constitution but have not been able to align ours. The current law does not recognise the existence of the other House yet the Constitution recognises in this Article 127 and several other articles and more particularly Article 93. Parliament consists of the National Assembly and the Senate. Hon. Peter Kaluma would want it to be in that order. It is not me it is the way it is stated in Article 93. It is really unfair and I just want to echo that point that we should consider, as a House, not even the Commission, because the Bill had already been published. If there are any provisions in it that the House feels should not be contained in it, in the normal way, we are at liberty to propose amendments. And if you have the numbers, The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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