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    "id": 884779,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/884779/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, I beg to move: THAT, the Senate amendments to the Kenya Roads Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 47 of 2017) be now considered. I want to thank the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing because, at least, he has tabled the Report, unlike his colleague, the Chair of the Budget and Appropriations Committee. We must thank Hon. Pkosing because he has tabled the Report. Hon. Ichung’wah decided not to table and used a shortcut. We must be precise to procedures. By way of introduction, the Speaker received a message from the Senate regarding the passage of the Kenya Roads Bill 2017, which originated from the National Assembly. This Bill was passed by the Senate on 14th of February 2019, with amendments and his amendments currently stand committed to the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing. We passed this Bill around March 2018 and it is coming back to us now. The Senate stuck with that Bill for one year. Now, they want to tell us that they want to be the upper House. For you to be the Upper House, you must earn it. Hon. Speaker, I want to go to where we will reject most of the amendments. I concur with the Committee on these rejections. Article 112(1)(b) of the Constitution provides that if the House passes an ordinary Bill concerning counties and the second House passes the Bill in an 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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