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    "content": "to take it away and saying that the Senate has no work. If the Senate has no work, then it means even they will have to go home because this was a package. It is about the Constitution which was passed by the people of the Republic of Kenya. So, if you want to dissolve one House, then it means we have to go back to the elections. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the principle of separation of powers must also be upheld and respected so that different arms of Parliament operate within their jurisdiction. We have seen in the past, the Judiciary has frozen the impeachment powers. You impeach a governor, the next day he goes to court, he is given a stay of orders and he is back in the office. Mr. Speaker, Sir, now we have the National Assembly who are also trying to take away our powers. So, where are we heading? We need direction. Who is supposed to direct us? It is the Jubilee Government; it is the President. He needs to call the Speakers of both Houses since they are leaders of this House. The Senate is the “Upper House” whether they like it or not. This is because as the Senate Majority Leader put it yesterday, from the Senate you ascend upwards. You do not descend to the National Assembly. Article 66(2) also retaliates that: “Parliament shall enact legislation ensuring that investments in property benefit local communities and their economies.” I think this is where now the dispute came about because of the Mining Bill. This House has had enough. Over 46 Bills have been enacted into law without passing through this House and yet the Constitution is very clear in Article 110(3), which states very clearly that: “Before either House considers a Bill, the Speakers of the National Assembly and Senate shall jointly resolve any question as to whether it is a Bill concerning counties and, if it is, whether it is a special or an ordinary Bill.”"
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