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    "content": "are to have good manners in the way we handle the businesses of both Houses, the necessity to think along the lines of having a constitutional amendment – some of us still think that there might be need to have an amendment of our Constitution to provide for the classical Senate and National Assembly anywhere else in the world, so that we do not have to continue arguing over whether a Bill affects counties or not. If we cannot use our good sense of judgment and appreciate the intention, letter and spirit of the Constitution and handle our businesses in the manner provided by the law, we will have to think about other means of ensuring that both Houses in this country are able to exercise their legislative mandate in a manner that is not curtailed by the other House. It would be unfortunate if one House relegates the other House into oblivion under a Constitutional dispensation and our watch. Therefore, we hope that this sets as a precedent that for all the other Bills whose provisions Members of the National Assembly do not agree with, they will be able to reject or make amendments and then we subject them to mediation and the constitutionally provided means of dealing with this. Mr. Speaker, Sir, with those remarks, I beg to move and ask Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale to second the Motion."
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