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    "id": 384475,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "(Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki): Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, aware that the Division of Revenue Bill, 2013 was assented to by the President on 11th June, 2013, convinced that the action of the National Assembly to reject or ignore the amendments passed by the Senate to the Division of Revenue Bill, 2013, on 23rd May, 2013 and resolve to forward the Bill to the President for assent without further reference to the Senate, is in contravention of the Constitution, the Senate resolves to request the Supreme Court to give an Advisory opinion on the constitutionality of the process followed in the disposal of the Division of Revenue Bill, 2013 and the appropriate way forward in the matter. Mr. Speaker, Sir, given your direction just now, I think that this is fairly a procedural matter that is also constrained by the fact that part of the action in question has already happened and we are bound by certain traditions and legal constraints. It is only fair that this House resolves in a formal way that this position is the correct way of attending to this matter. All Senators here are aware of the subject matter of the Motion and that we have gone to the Supreme Court to find a legal way of interpreting the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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