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    "id": 974513,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, I have two Communications. This particular Communication is in addition to the one I made towards the end of the last Session. It is just to amplify and correct the situation. Hon. Members, you will recall that on 5th December 2019, I made a Communication to the House regarding the status of delivery of decisions on the draft Punguza Mizigo (Constitution Amendment) Bill, 2019 by the county assemblies to the Speakers of the two Houses of Parliament. In the Communication, I also informed the House that the Speaker of the Senate and I had jointly developed and published standard guidelines for delivery by county assemblies to the Speakers of the Houses of Parliament of a draft Bill for the amendment of the Constitution by popular initiative to inform the process. The guidelines were published in the Kenya Gazette as Legal Notice No.175 of 22nd November 2019. Hon. Members, Paragraphs 5 and 6 of the guidelines provide as follows: (5) Upon the expiry of the period specified under Article 257(5) of the Constitution for the consideration of a draft Bill by a county assembly, the Speakers of the two Houses of Parliament shall: (a) Report to the respective Houses of Parliament: (i) the county assemblies that have submitted the draft Bill and the certificate approving the Bill. (ii) the county assemblies that have submitted the draft Bill and the certificate rejecting the Bill. (iii) the county assemblies that did not submit the draft Bill and the certificate. (iv) whether or not the threshold required under Article 257(7) of the Constitution has been met, and (v) such other information as the Speakers of the two Houses of Parliament may consider necessary. 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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