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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, Sir, I think this ruling is very necessary. We need to get to understand how to go forward because I have also realized - if you allow me just to add a little - that there is likely to be conflict between the two Houses. I see some zeal in the Senate to claw and get some powers from the National Assembly. Hon. Speaker, Sir, I see some scenes where the Senate derives some power from the National Assembly. There is nothing wrong with that. The Senate in other countries probably is an upper House and more powerful. But, unfortunately, the people of Kenya voted for something different. The people of Kenya made the National Assembly, so to speak. If the upper House is bigger – I mean the upper House of Senate, it should be bigger in terms of legislative responsibility and over-sighting. It should have more powers. So, the gist of my ruling was not the tag of war between the National Assembly and the Senate, but to think about this particular issue, namely, The Division of Revenue of Bill. If we leave it to go the way it is and we have the Senate make amendments which we may need to be happy with - I am not saying we are going to be unhappy. But in the event that we are unhappy, it may lead into a constitutional crisis. We may not end up with The Division of Revenue Bill, which this country cannot afford."
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