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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, Sir, this same Constitution in Article 108 talks about party leaders. The only party leaders Article 108 recognizes is the Leader of the Majority Party in the National Assembly and the Minority Leader in the National Assembly based on the Coalition strength. It does not talk about a Majority or Minority leader in the Senate. This is the Constitution the people of Kenya, in their wisdom and numbers - over 60 per cent in 2010 - voted for. I am raising this fundamental issue because our colleagues are talking about the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF). Our colleagues are talking about a lower and an upper House. Some of them are our very good friends. In the last elections, the Kenyan people provided a platform where they said that if you want to become the President, you stand for presidency and if you want to stand for deputy presidency, you have a choice. If you want to stand as a governor, a senator, a county women representative or a member of a ward, the Kenyan people gave the infrastructure and you choose the road you want. Now that we are leaders, we expect you to give a ruling. I totally agree that Article 110(a) and Article 120, if you read them clearly together, the Bill that the Senate owns is the County Allocation Revenue Bill. But the Division of Revenue Bill belongs to the National Assembly. We did it within ten days! We want the ruling that you are going to give to make sure and tell the nation per the Constitution that Article 96 gives the role of the Senate and Article 95 gives the role of the National Assembly. Those are the boundaries. Those are the walls. You cannot shift those walls. If you want to shift the walls, you must go back to the Kenyan people. This is a document for the Kenyan people. It is not for Parliament! Even for us to amend this Constitution, we have been given a procedure and situation. We want you to give a ruling based on the Division of Revenue Bill and also the clear line between the roles of the Senate and the roles of the Speaker. We passed the names of the nominees to Parliamentary Service"
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