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    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
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    "content": "that of their families by extension. So under your leadership, we have decided to alter the calendar. What is the business before us between now and the 6th of May, 2020? I asked the same question to my colleagues on the other side of the House. The crucial business to be considered during the mentioned sittings include, the tabling of the Supplementary Estimates II for the Financial Year 2019/2020, which I am sure Hon. Ichungw’ah, Hon. Mbadi and Hon. Makali, who are present, under your guidance, will deal with between now and Wednesday. On Wednesday morning next week, they will bring the Report to the Floor of this House. If we adopt it, we should, therefore, have an Appropriation Bill by Wednesday afternoon. The National Assembly must do all what it is supposed to do very fast. If it is money, the CS must get the money to help Kenyans in this period. We thus expect that the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance and National Planning should, in its own wisdom, between now and Tuesday, have done and tabled the Report. We will then adopt it on Wednesday in the morning and do the Supplementary Appropriation Bill in the afternoon. Hon. Speaker, we will also consider tabling and considering the Report of Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Budget and Appropriation. Because we cannot do the tax laws today, we expect the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Finance, Hon. Limo, to also engage and bring a Report on Tuesday so that we start on the Second Reading of the tax laws. And if possible have the Committee of the whole House that same afternoon. Therefore, expect that those amendments as proposed by the President to help the Government in the fight against this pandemic will be effected. We will also consider the Division of Revenue Bill, if our colleagues will refer it to us. We shall also consider the County Allocation of Revenue Bill. We will consider the nominee for the National Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF) CEO. We will also receive and table the Finance Bill 2020. We changed the law: the CS must bring the Finance Bill by 30th April and conclude it by 30th June. We also expect the CS, during this period, to bring the Budget Estimates for the Financial Year 2020/2021. Finally, we expect to deal with any other urgent legislative measures, including the various Statements that the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Health will bring. We expect the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare to update us on what is happening. We expect the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security to tell us how the police are behaving. We also expect the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing to update us on the status of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) and all the roads. We expect all the chairpersons to be seized of the matters and update us very frequently. Hon. Speaker, this is about the calendar of the House and we must work. As I conclude, there were a number of Members who were complaining. Special sittings are unique because the discretion lies with the Speaker. Once the Leader of the Majority or the Leader of the Minority sends business to the Speaker, he may agree or reject it. Even if he agrees and gazettes the date, in the circumstance that the environment changes, the Speaker has the power to cancel the sitting. The only thing that neither the Speaker nor anyone else has the power to change is the calendar of"
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