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    "content": "If you look at the Fourth Schedule with regard to what is supposed to be done by the national government and what is to be done by the county government, you will find that there is some dovetail in some areas. If the national government is talking about the agricultural policy and the county governments are dealing with the implementation of the same, that means that in every issue, there is a dovetailing. I will, therefore, submit before this House that this Senate is concerned with all the Bills that may come. The only Bills that we will not be concerned with are those which are exclusively mentioned under the Constitution as Bills which must only be dealt with by the National Assembly. We are concerned about all the other Bills. This leads me to say; if the Division of Revenue Bill, which is mentioned under the Constitution - and the Constitution, under the fifth paragraph talks about our role in that Bill, the role the Senate - if somebody somewhere said that the Bill is not a matter of the Senate, then where would he be reading the Constitution from? How would he be coming to that conclusion? If he came to that conclusion and we let it go, then the Constitution would be left at the face of many constitutional applications. If we come to the definitions that I have described, with regard to other Bills, we will be told that we are not involved at all. In any case, at the end of the day, if we allow this to go, the only thing that will be of concern to us will be the Allocation of Revenue Bill. In other words, the amount that goes to the counties in totality will be determined elsewhere and we will have no role although the Constitution says that we should have a role. It says that we should comment on the report and the recommendations of the Commission of Revenue Allocation. However, we are in a position where we have no role whatsoever on those particular issues. That means that only the Allocation of Revenue Bill will be a matter of concern to the Senate. 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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