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    "id": 789601,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order 120, this House resolves to reduce the publication period of the following Bills from 14 to 8 days— 1. The County Governments Retirement Scheme Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 10 of 2018); 2. The Tax Laws (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 11 of 2018); 3. The Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 12 of 2018); and 4. The Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.13 of 2018). Hon. Speaker, as you chaired the House Business Committee (HBC) and looking at the calendar of the House, the HBC last night felt that we reduce the publication period so as to allow those Bills to be read the first time and thereafter be committed to the relevant departmental committees for serious public participation. Those Bills emanate from the Executive and were already considered and evidence provided for in the Cabinet. Because the whole month of May we will be on recess, we felt that during that period the relevant committees can conduct serious public participation and that by the time we come back in June, among other Bills in the queue, the House can consider those Bills at Second Reading and Committee of the whole House. That is the decision of the HBC. Just to highlight, the Tax Laws (Amendment) Bill seeks to amend the Income Tax Act, the Stamp Duty Act and part of the Value Added Tax. That is why we want to give the finance committee opportunity to relook at it and conduct serious public participation. One of the two Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bills seeks to do minor amendments of 13 Acts of Parliament and the other one over 29 to 39 Acts of Parliament. We are remaining with only next week. The other week, 1st May will be a public holiday which is Labour Day and the 2nd of May, as you gave Communication yesterday, is when the President will give the State of the Nation Address. So minus those two parliamentary days, Tuesday and Wednesday, then basically we are remaining with not more than six sessions excluding tomorrow. That has made HBC to make that wise decision that as we go on recess those Bills are committed to the relevant committees to conduct public participation. With those many remarks, I ask the Leader of the Minority Party, who was with me last night in the HBC meeting, to second. 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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