{{Kenyan Parliament adjourned prematurely Thursday after MPs disagreed on a proposal to waive the committee stage for consideration of Bills proposing amendments to two electoral laws.}}<\/p>\n
The two Bills-Political Parties (Amendment) Bill and Elections (Amendment) Bill relate to the next General Election.<\/p>\n
The government had proposed fast tracking of important Bills with political connotations by reducing the period required to process them.<\/p>\n
MPs questioned the hurry. In particular, MPs opposed a proposal by the Deputy Leader of Government Business Amos Kimunya to waive the committee stage where the Bills can be scrutinised by the public.<\/p>\n
The practice is that Bills are referred to relevant departmental parliamentary committees for scrutiny. <\/p>\n
It is at this stage that stakeholders have a chance for input before they are taken back to Parliament for the Third and final stage.<\/p>\n
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