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    "id": 902742,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ndwiga",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Peter Njeru Ndwiga",
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    "content": "Mediation is a give and take process. Therefore, while we convinced them on the provisions that sought to strengthen devolution and protect the interests of county governments, they also convinced us on some of the provisions they had proposed. As part of the report on the mediated version of the Warehouse Receipts System Bill, that I tabled yesterday, we have annexed an extract highlighting the sections that the Mediation Committee deliberated on. To highlight on some of the provisions, the Senators convinced the Members of the National Assembly that the definitions in Clause 2 on “owner” and “warehouse operator” should be amended in line with the proposals of the Senate. With regard to Clause 3, the Mediation Committee also settled for nine persons to sit on the Council; one of whom would be nominated by the Council of Governors (CoG). In addition, the Mediation Committee also prescribed the qualifications of the person who should be appointed as Chairperson to this very important council in order to ensure that it has the leadership required to remain effective. With regard to Clause 16 that speaks to tabling of reports, we convinced the Member of the National Assembly of the Mediation Committee that the law should be explicit; that, the report should be tabled in both Houses. You may remember that was the issue. This House felt very strongly that when in the Bills, we said that report will be taken to Parliament; that normally the Senate does not benefit from such clauses as reports normally are taken to the National Assembly. This provision seeks to ensure that the Senate is not overlooked in favour of the National Assembly as has been done in the past where the law says that reports should be tabled in Parliament; only for the agencies to table the report in the National Assembly and not the Senate. As for Clause 17, we convinced the National Assembly that the county governments should do licensing of warehouses. In the spirit of give and take, they convinced us that Clause 23 should establish a warehouse receipts dispute resolution committee in place of the warehouse receipts appeals committee. We agreed that the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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