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    "content": "(b) To reject the Bill as amended following which the Bill shall be referred to a mediation Committee under Article 113 of the Constitution. I further informed the President that the course of action chosen by the National Assembly is one that has the prospect of paralyzing the workings of Parliament of Kenya by setting the dangerous precedent where one House, if it disagrees with the position taken by the other House on a Bill, can choose to ignore the provisions of the Constitution and to define its own extra-constitutional path of action. This action of the National Assembly, if allowed to proceed unchallenged, will bring the entire legislative process to a grinding halt. Hon. Senators, I have, therefore, requested His Excellency the President to consider invoking the provisions of Article 115(1)(b) of the Constitution to refer the Bill back to Parliament for reconsideration by Parliament in the manner provided for in the Constitution, which is the Mediation Committee; and that both Houses are required to submit equal numbers to the Committee. The Senate, therefore, remains prepared; if the National Assembly does not agree to all or, indeed, any of the amendments of the Senate to the Division of Revenue Bill, 2013, as passed by the National Assembly, to appoint its membership to the Mediation Committee in terms of the said Article 113 of the Constitution and to abide by the provisions of the Constitution in the mediation process. I thank you."
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