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(4) The relevant county assembly committee shall respond to the petitioner
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by way of a report addressed to the petitioner and tabled in the county
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assembly and no debate on or in relation to the report shall be allowed
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except on the recommendation of the chairperson of the committee and
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with the approval of the speaker.
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(c) in sub-clause (5) by inserting the words “relevant committee or the”
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immediately after the words “decision of the” when they first appear. Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, as regards Clause 5(3), the Bill makes it mandatory to hold public hearings whenever a petition is taken to the county assembly. It is that mandatory 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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nature of the Bill that we intend to change so that we give the committee discretion as to whether the petitioner is to be invited to make a submission or not. As it happens in this House, not all petitions that are brought here have to be considered when the petitioner is present. Sometimes, petitions are straightforward matters. In some instances, they are outrightly frivolous, vexatious and are dismissed. The discretion that we have here is a discretion we are taking to the county assemblies. We have an amendment to clause 5(4). It is after observing that the provision in ...
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May I kindly know exactly what is being referred to.
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I do not have any problem with the proposed clarification made to this. To me, it does not really make a difference because the Chair does not take the decision on its own, it is collective. It is the Committee which does it. The Chair simply does the communication. So, this is a communication by the Chair.
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