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"content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, on behalf of the Minority Leader and the leadership of this House, I thank everybody for turning up; for their commitment and passion. In fact, I want to take this opportunity to say that with our attendance, there is some research that I have requested the office the Clerk to do for me, so that I can submit the findings to the Senate next week. By virtue of holding our sittings here in Eldoret for the week – and I want the Minority Leader to listen to this – we have saved a lot of money for the Senate and for the people of Kenya. It is an empirical research that demonstrates the number of committee sittings that we have had here. If those committees were to leave Nairobi at different times to hold those sittings this week, the cost of doing so would have tripled or risen four times over. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the number of Committee sittings that took place here were more than 20 or 30. We were also able to address our County Assembly and visit various institutions. I want to thank the hon. Senators for all that and for saving the people of Kenya a lot of resources. At the same time, I thank them for bringing the Senate closer to the people, to ensure that the people have a firsthand interaction through the Senate Mashinani initiative. I have no doubt that as a result of this visit, the Senate will, next year, be able to double, triple or quadruple the number of visits that we make to the counties. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, on Tuesday, 2nd October, 2018, we will have returned back to Nairobi to our usual place. I know that many Senators are unhappy about it because they would like to stay in Uasin Gishu for a longer period. However, on Tuesday, 2nd October, 2018, the Senate Business Committee (SBC) will meet to schedule the Business for the Senate for the week. Subject to further direction by the SBC, the Senate will on Tuesday, 2nd October, 2018, continue with consideration of business that will not have been concluded in today’s Order Paper. On Wednesday, 3rd October, 2018 and Thursday, 4th October, 2018, the Senate will consider business that will not have been concluded on Tuesday and any other business that will be scheduled by the SBC. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the following Bills are on the Second Reading Stage- (i) The Local Content Bill (Senate Bills No. 10 of 2018); (ii) The Impeachment Procedure Bill (Senate Bills No. 15 of 2018); (iii) The Data Protection Bill (Senate Bills No.16 of 2018); (iv) The Care and Protection of Older Members of Society Bill (Senate Bills No.17 of 2018); (v) The County Planning (Roads, Pavements And Parking Bays) Bill (Senate Bills No 18 of 2018); (vi) The County Outdoor Advertising Control Bill (Senate Bills No.19 of 2018); (vii) The Prevention of Terrorism (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bills No.20 of 2018); (viii) The Copyright (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bills No.33 of 2017); (ix) The Public Private Partnerships (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bills No.52 of 2017); (x) The Land Value Index Laws (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bills No.3 of 2018); The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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