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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, Sir, there are two ways of dealing with Bills that are transacted in two Houses. Either we overrule the Senate by two-thirds majority or if it is an Ordinary Bill, we have to go through mediation if we do not agree with it. In mediation, we must concur or be unanimous. In the event that we fail to agree at the mediation stage, the Bill is lost. I am sure and certain that the drafters of this Constitution could not contemplate that such an important Bill like the Division of Revenue Bill could be put in a situation where if we fail to agree at the mediation stage then it collapses. If the intention of the drafters of this Constitution was to have the Division of Revenue Bill go through the Senate the same way County Allocation of Revenue Bill goes to both the Senate and the National Assembly, it would not have been difficult to clearly specify it as a Special Bill under Article 110 of the Constitution. However, the drafters were very careful, in my view. They knew that the Division of Revenue Bill concerns national revenue and the revenue which goes to the counties and gave an exclusive responsibility to the people’s representatives from various constituencies who also happen to be coming from counties to exercise caution and carefulness in trying to give both levels of government equal funds to run their affairs."
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