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    "content": "On the first issue, which is the effect of a determination in one House on the role and mandate of another House, I need to explain that the hallmark of a legislature is the running of its own affairs. It matters not whether the legislature is one established at the national level or at the county level. A legislature conducts its business in terms of the Constitution and the law, free of the control or direction of any other person or organ. The effect of this is that a legislature determines for itself its own understanding of its role and mandate. While one House may be entitled to comment or hold a view on the role of another House, that opinion is of little consequence in the other House. This position is as true of the Senate as it is of the National Assembly. The Senate claims for itself the right to determine the scope and extent of its role and mandate on any matter, including Bills, not least of all a Division of Revenue Bill. Honourable Senators, this brings me to the second issue which is the meaning of a money Bill and whether or not a Division of Revenue Bill is a money Bill. A Money Bill is defined in Article 114 of the Constitution. It is important to observe that in this definition, the Constitution, for good reason, is careful to exclude from the ambit of a money Bill, a Division of Revenue Bill and a County Allocation of Revenue Bill by stating expressly at Article 114(3) that a ‘Money Bill” means a Bill, other than a Bill specified in Article 218 of the Constitution. By this provision, a Division of Revenue Bill as well as an Allocation of Revenue Bill are both excluded from being the preserve only of the National Assembly. I will allow Senator Orengo to walk into the Chamber."
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