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    "content": "Hon. Members, allow me to revisit certain provisions of this Article for clarity purposes. Article 221 (1) states as follows:- “At least two months before the end of each financial year, the Cabinet Secretary responsible for Finance shall submit to the National Assembly – I emphasis, “National Assembly” - Estimates of the revenue and expenditure of the National Government for the next financial year to be tabled in the National Assembly. (2) The Estimates mentioned in Clause (1) shall – (a) Include Estimates of expenditure from the Equalisation Fund, and (b) be in the form, and according to the procedure prescribed by an Act of parliament. (3) The National Assembly shall consider the Estimates submitted under this Clause together with the Estimates submitted by the Parliamentary Service Commission and the Chief Registrar of the Judiciary under Articles 127 and 173 respectively. (6) When the Estimates of national Government expenditure and the Estimates of expenditure for the Judiciary and Parliament have been approved by the National Assembly, they shall be included in an Appropriation Bill, which shall be introduced into the National Assembly to authorize the withdrawal from the Consolidated Fund of the money needed f for expenditure, and for the appropriation of that money for the purposes mentioned in the Bill. (7) The Appropriation Bill mentioned in Clause (6) shall not include expenditures that are charged on the Consolidate Fund by this Constitution or an Act of Parliament.” It is, therefore, clear that unlike the county governments which are tied to the enactment of the Division of Revenue Bill by Article 224; Article 221 does not tie the national Government to the enactment of Division of Revenue Bill. Indeed, the House has already approved the Estimates of the National Government expenditure and the Estimates of expenditure for the Judiciary and Parliament, as contemplated in Article 221 (6) and will soon be considering the Appropriation Bill as required by the Constitution. Hon. Members, you will recollect that the reason why the Division of Revenue Bill is being referred to a Mediation Committee is because of the amendment made to the Bill by the Senate; which, as reported by the Budget and Appropriations Committee, was an unconstitutional amendment, as there was no agreement between the national Government and county governments as relates to the financing of level five hospitals, as required by Article 187 (1) of the Constitution."
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