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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ngong’o",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 110,
        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, I do not want to interrupt the Leader of Majority Party as he prepares to move this very important Bill but before this Bill is moved, I wanted some clarity from the Chair. When I read the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act, Cap.191, it says that each year when the Budget Policy Statement is introduced, the Cabinet Secretary shall submit a Division of Revenue Bill. The key words here are “a Division of Revenue Bill” and my understanding is that it should be one Bill; and County Allocation Revenue Bill. Our Standing Order No.233 spells out how we should transact or consider the Division of Revenue Bill. It is very clear that once we are done with it and following the Supreme Court’s ruling, we are supposed to refer it to the Senate for concurrence under our Standing Order No.42. My concern is that this Bill was introduced in the House and went through First Reading and at the same time, it is in the public knowledge that the Senate has also introduced a Division of Revenue Bill in the Senate for First Reading. My concern is: Are we transacting two different Bills? If that is the case, which Bill originated from the Treasury because the Public Finance Management Act spells out – and that is also in the Constitution – that the Division of Revenue Bill must come from the Treasury and introduced in Parliament. We will have two Bills running concurrently; one introduced in the National Assembly, gone through First Reading and we want to consider it for Second Reading and another one in the Senate. This leaves me confused as to which Bill is authentic because you can only have one Division of Revenue Act in a financial year. So, I am a bit concerned and I wanted the Chair to make communication on this so that we are sure that we are transacting a legitimate Bill, so to speak."
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