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Article 112 · Part 4—Procedures for enacting legislation

Ordinary Bills concerning county governments

In plain English

If the second House rejects an ordinary Bill concerning counties, it goes to a mediation committee. If amended, it returns to the originating House, which either passes it as amended or sends it to mediation.

The official text

(1) If one House passes an ordinary Bill concerning counties, and the second House—

(a) rejects the Bill, it shall be referred to a mediation committee appointed under Article 113; or

(b) passes the Bill in an amended form, it shall be referred back to the originating House for reconsideration.

(2) If, after the originating House has reconsidered a Bill referred back to it under clause (1)(b), that House—

(a) passes the Bill as amended, the Speaker of that House shall refer the Bill to the President within seven days for assent; or

(b) rejects the Bill as amended, the Bill shall be referred to a mediation committee under Article 113.

Summaries and answers are a plain-English guide written by Iam254, not legal advice. The official text is what counts. Official text: Constitution of Kenya, 2010, Kenya Law (National Council for Law Reporting), legislation as at 3 September 2010. It has not been amended since.