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    "content": "Even as you make your points of intervention, make them very brief, so that we do not make this the business of the day. I just want to give one piece of advice to the Budget and Appropriations Committee. It is very clear. Article 114 is clear on what constitutes a money Bill. Our technical office is the Parliamentary Budget Office. It advises all of us. Look at what is contained in Article 109(5). It states that money Bills may only originate from the National Assembly. You do not have to spend a lot of time. Just table a report that you have found this to be a money Bill and it unfortunately originated from the wrong place. With regards to what Hon. Kanini Kega said, we want to see them and get the coffins. When you sit with them, do not come and report to the plenary that you were unable to communicate. We need to get that report exactly as you have done. With respect to each Bill, identify the aspects that constitute a money Bill effect, table it here and then the plenary will look at it and communicate the fact that we have sent the coffins to the other side. We may very soon, Hon. John Mbadi, think of buying a hearse to transport those coffins. It is absolutely important that we remain faithful. Also to the departmental committees, if a Bill has money Bill aspects and the Parliamentary Budget Office has advised so, I regularly read and refer it to the Budget and Appropriations Committee which is the committee mandated to give us that report after interacting with the Parliamentary Budget Office and whomever else they may wish to interact with. Hon. Sabina says that she dealt with a Bill which was a money Bill and it originated from the other House. It will not see the light of day. It is just a matter of synchronising the processes around here. It is just a matter of the process. That is something that we can correct. We also want to ensure that there is committee between the two Houses. The only way this can happen is if all of us are faithful to the Constitution, more so, in the observance of those provisions. I know Hon. Millie Odhiambo has spoken in the past about the co-sponsorship of Bills. This is something that we have said for the longest time should be encouraged. As Hon. John Mbadi observed, you read the context of some of those Bills and they are very good. Unfortunately, we cannot just be excited because of the dressing. We may not just say that the Member walking in is very well-dressed, therefore, cannot…"
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