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    "content": "He was on a point of order. Hon. Charles Kilonzo, let me first of all deal with the issue at hand. On the first point, and as we all know provisions of Article 95(4)(b), it is this House that appropriates the national revenue to all the national State organs, including Parliament, the Judiciary, the National Executive and all other independent institutions and offices. The people sitting in the National Treasury are caught up in some historical web. The language seems to be giving them a lot of problems because they were used to coming here, saying that they were going to do this and that. They have completely ignored that it is not their function to purport to allocate or appropriate. That is the function of this House, and Kenyans, and adopting the Constitution made it very clear. So, they can propose to the House. In fact, all they need to do is just look at what happens in other jurisdictions. You propose to a House with similar constitutional mandate like ours, and it will then deal with your proposals. Hon. Duale, we, however, forgive them for they know not what they say. We try to tell them that it is okay for them to propose. Hon. Duale, several Members here and I would recall that we went through a rigorous process after the new Constitution was adopted in 2010. The 10th Parliament was then grappling with the issue of presentation of the budget. Even as the 10th Parliament was enacting the PFM Act in 2012, they were unable to come up with how, as a House, they would receive those highlights. The 10th Parliament then, Hon. Charles Kilonzo, you were there unless you have forgotten, provided that the budget highlights would be presented before a committee. Because of the provisions of Article 121 on quorum in the House, you provided that that committee, being the Budget and Appropriations Committee, would comprise of 51 Members so that the House will quorate or the Committee will act like a House. However, when we came in, in 2013, we found The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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