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    "content": "nature of the final report of the Auditor-General shall determine the Committee to which the report is to be referred to, notwithstanding that a particular committee made the request. These guidelines take effect immediately. Hon. Members, the fifth matter requiring my determination is whether the Committee is at fault to make a progress report to the House and what is the House expected to do with such a report. I will address this issue together with the question requiring my attention, which is whether it would be procedurally in order for the House to be moved on a motion to debate the particular Progress Report of the PIC as laid on the Table of the House on Wednesday, February 27, 2019, given that the report is interim. Hon. Members, the progress report of the PIC on inquiry into the proposed takeover of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) by Kenya Airways (KQ), which was laid on the Table of the House by the Chairperson on Wednesday, 27th February 2019 was meant to inform the House that, among other issues, the Committee was seized of the matter and that it had requested for a special audit. The widely held meaning of a progress report is “an interim report on progress made to date on a job, project, etc”. Indeed, a progress report is an information report, usually prepared for several purposes, amongst them being to inform the House on salient issues awaiting completion of an inquiry and to keep the public updated on what is before a committee or schedule of activities so as to avoid speculation on a matter. Can we fault the Committee for informing the House at this stage? Certainly not. According to Rule 177 of The Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business of the Legislative Assembly of National Capital Territory of Delhi, “A Committee may, if it thinks fit, make a special report to the House on any matter that arises or comes to light in the course of its working, which it may consider necessary to bring to the notice of the Speaker or the House, notwithstanding that such matter is not directly connected with, or does not fall within or is not incidental to, its terms of reference.” This authority is further amplified by David McGee in the Third Edition of the Parliamentary Practice in New Zealand, which provides that “a committee has used a special report to the House to announce that it had initiated a major inquiry”. What is the House then supposed to do with such a progress report? Hon. Members, in discussing interim or progress reports, the Fifth Edition of the Australia House of Representatives Practice notes the following:"
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