GAZETTE NOTICE NO. 12053

PURSUANT to the provisions of Standing Order 29 (3) of the Standing Orders of the National Assembly, it is notified for the information of the Members of the National Assembly and the general public that special sittings of the Assembly shall be held on Thursday, the 14th September, 2023 (morning and afternoon) commencing at 10.00 a.m. and at 2.30 p.m., respectively, in the National Assembly Chamber, Main Parliament Buildings, Nairobi, for purposes of— 1. Conveyance of any urgent Messages from the President, the National Executive or the Senate; 2. Tabling of any Papers with statutory timelines including subsidiary legislation; 3. Tabling of and Notices of Special Motions on the— (a) Report of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs on the vetting of the nominee for appointment as the Director of Public Prosecutions; (b) Report of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning and the Senate Standing Committee on Finance and Budget on the vetting of the nominee for appointment as the Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Central Bank of Kenya; and (c) Report of the Select Committee on the National Government Constituencies Development Fund on the approval for appointment of the nominees to the National Government Constituencies Development Fund Board; 4. Tabling of and Notice of Motion on the Joint Report of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning and the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock on the Memorandum by the National Treasury and Economic Planning on Action Plans to Revive and Commercialize State-owned Sugar Companies; 5. Transaction of the following business— (a) Consideration of Special Motions on the— (i) Report of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs on the vetting of the nominee for appointment as the Director of Public Prosecutions; (ii) Report of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning and the Senate Standing Committee on Finance and Budget on the vetting of the nominee for appointment as the Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Central Bank; and (iii) Report of the Select Committee on the National Government Constituencies Development Fund on the approval for appointment of the nominees to the National Government Constituencies Development Fund Board. (b) Consideration of Motion on Joint Report of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning and the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock on the Memorandum by the National Treasury and Economic Planning on Action Plans to Revive and Commercialize State- owned Sugar Companies; (c) First Reading of the following Bills— (i) The Digital Health Bill, 2023; and (ii) The Social Health Insurance Bill, 2023. (d) First Reading of any other urgent Bill certified as urgent by the Honourable Speaker; (e) Consideration of Senate Amendments to the Public Finance Management (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 16 of 2023); (f) Voting on a Motion for the Second Reading of the Sugar Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 34 of 2022); (g) Consideration in the Committee of the Whole House and Third Reading of the Sugar Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 34 of 2022); (h) Consideration in the Committee of the Whole House of the Senate Amendments to the Public Finance Management (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 16 of 2023); and 10:23 AM THE KENYA GAZETTE 8th September, 2023 3940 3940 (i) Consideration of any other priority business certified as urgent by the Honourable Speaker. The Order Papers for the said Special Sittings will be available in the Office of the Clerk of the National Assembly and will also be published on the Parliamentary Website. Dated the 7th September, 2023. MOSES. M. WETANG’ULA, Speaker of the National Assembly.