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    "id": 879601,
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    "speaker_name": "Samburu West, KANU",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Naisula Lesuuda",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Members spend a lot of time researching on Bills. Most of the time, the Bills are about matters that concern the lives of Kenyans, and more so, our constituents. It demoralises, discourages and frustrates the Members when they have to move from one office to the other to find out where their Bills are. They know that the Bills are with committees and within 21 days, they should be published, so that they can be debated in the House. We have passed many Motions, which we have seen Members convert into Bills, so that they can be binding. It is unfortunate that up to now, we have not deliberated on these matters. It will also encourage Members who would like to bring amendments to Bills which other Members have worked on instead of working on other Bills. It is very important that we make progress. I would like to salute the Chair of the Budget and Appropriations Committee. Despite the committee having a lot of other important matters to deliberate on, like issues of the BPS, it has always slotted and given priority to Private Members’ Bills to ensure that they clear the backlog. This is important and it would be more effective. Just as it has been suggested by the Member for Ruaraka, we should incorporate into the Standing Orders a mechanism that we can use to deal with these Motions to ensure that if a Bill is not brought to the House after 21 days, it can be published. That way, departmental committees will work harder. As I conclude, departmental committees should get these Bills when they are doing public participation. We hope they will not be sitting on Bills again and we find ourselves in the same situation. I support so that we can continue to have more constructive and binding deliberations in this House, especially on Wednesday mornings when we are supposed to be discussing Private Members’ Bills."
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