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[00:00:00]of the National Assembly to the Senate and seek the appointment of seven honorable senators to a mediation committee to consider the bill in accordance with the provisions of article 113 of the constitution.

[00:00:14]Honorable senators consequent to this decision, the speaker of the national assembly appointed the following members of the national assembly to the mediation committee to consider the bill in accordance with article 113 of the constitution. The Honorable Rendikiri Mira Murthania, the Honorable Jen Kagiri, the Honorable John Wiko, the Honorable Joseph Cherat, the Honorable Zamza Muhammad, the Honorable Timothy Woni and Honorable Cirin Mayaka. Now, honorable senators, pursuant to the provisions of standing order 1662 of the Senate and in consultation with the Senate Majority Leader and the Senate Minority Leader, I [snorts] will at appropriate time appoint senators to the mediation committee. I thank you honorable senators. Next order.

[00:01:12]>> Yes. Uh Senator for Homer Bay.

[00:01:16]Uh Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the very detailed communication that you have made that stems from standing order 46.

[00:01:24]I just wanted to request um the speaker and the secretariat to ensure that those detailed communications from the chair are also made available to senators on these devices because Mr. Speaker, your detailed report to this house coming from the National Assembly indicates that there will be a time when there will be more mediation committees than standing committees in this house. From your communication, I think there will be about four or five mediation committees just in one day. So probably this could be made available to us so that we can refer to them. There are very very important basis for bicameal relations and Mr. Speaker, I believe that uh even those senators have had it would be important for us to have that record for future reference. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

[00:02:10]>> It's a valid concern. It's noted.

[00:02:15]>> Next order.

[00:02:18]Order number four, petitions.

[00:02:22]Order number five, papers.

[00:02:28]Chairperson standing committee on information communication and technology.

[00:02:34]Senator Alan Chisang, >> Mr. Speaker, sir, I beg to lay the following paper on uh the table of the Senate today, Wednesday, 29th, April 26.

[00:03:09]Report of the standing committee uh on information communication and technology on its consideration of the electronic equipment disposal, recycling and reusable bill, Senate bills number five of 2025.

[00:03:34]Next order.

[00:03:38]Order number six, notices of motion.

[00:03:44]The vice chairperson mediation committee Thank you very much, honorable speaker.

[00:04:15]Allow me to give a notice of the following motion.

[00:04:24]uh that the Senate adopts the report of mediation committee on national disaster risk management bill.

[00:04:35]National Assembly Bill number 24 of 2023 laid on the table of the Senate on Tuesday 28th April 2026 and that pursuant to article 113 to of the constitution and standing order 1673 of the Senate approves approves the mediated version of the deal.

[00:05:06]Thank you.

[00:05:10]Honorable speaker, next order.

[00:05:31]Order number seven, questions and statements.

[00:05:34]Now before I call uh honorable senators to request for statements pursuant to standing order 531, allow me to make this communication.

[00:05:45]Senator Montet and uh Senator Isa Boy, take your seats, please.

[00:05:56]Now, honorable senators, I'd like to acknowledge the presence in the public gallery this afternoon, a visiting delegation of 21st Congress members of the Kenyata University Association, uh, KUSA. The delegation comprises 69 students who are visiting the Senate for an academic exposition.

[00:06:17]Now, on behalf of the Senate, on my own behalf, I extend a warm welcome to the delegation and wish them a fruitful visit.

[00:06:26]I will call upon the senator for Kimbu County and one minute to extend a word of welcome.

[00:06:42]>> Thank you very much uh Mr. Speaker for giving me this opportunity to welcome uh students from Kinata University that is Kusa to the Senate.

[00:06:53]This is the Senate, the upper house that is tasked to oversee and protect the interest of the county counties that is pass one to article 96 of the constitution. I take this opportunity to welcome you as a senator of Kamu and on behalf of the Senate that uh your time here, you will have to learn a lot from what we do both at the chambers and probably also uh behind the scenes with our staff and everyone. And um we are not always as quiet as we are today. Uh but we are not yet there. So you can stick around. We have a few motions and bills that will make almost everyone stand. So don't go that fast. Thank you very much. Welcome.

[00:07:45]Statement pursuant to standing order 531. The senator from Busousia County, the honorable Okata.

[00:07:59]>> Uh Mr. Speaker, sir, thank you.

[00:08:04]My request for statement is on the regulation of technical and vocational education