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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Billow",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, the Senate approves the Report of the Mediation Committee on the Division of Revenue Bill, National Assembly Bill, No.15 of 2014, laid on the Table of the Senate today, 22nd July, 2014. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am sure if Members have not received copies, they are available now. In view of the time, I want to be brief. I do not want to go into the history of how this Bill ended up in mediation. There are two issues that were raised by the National Assembly. The first one is on the amendment to Clause Four that we had made regarding a provision for adequate funding of Level Five hospitals; the second was amendment to the Schedule. Members of the Mediation Committee from our side; myself, Sen. Kagwe and Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. and three other Members from the National Assembly, hon. Mutava Musyimi, hon. Mary Emase and hon. John Mbadi - we looked at the two areas and we made some agreement which forms the basis of the report. I will be requesting the Senate to approve this mediation report. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in both of those areas, what we have agreed very briefly is as follows: With regard to the Schedule, the Committee noted that the removal of the 43 per cent as a representation of the percentage of the Kshs529 billion being the national revenue for the year 2009/2010 in line with Article 203(2) of the Constitution was one of the reasons the amendment was rejected by the National Assembly. We deliberated on that and agreed to reinstate the third column of the Schedule, but with a better explanation as a footnote. The explanation now reads as follows: “Based on the 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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