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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Lati",
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        "legal_name": "Jonathan Lelelit Lati",
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    "content": "key words there; “between” and “among” and there is nothing that the Senate is supposed to do as far as the word “between” is concerned. It is only supposed to do “among” counties. As hon. Langat said, we have a Judiciary that is being an activist. We have an activist Judiciary that is not trying to interpret those parts that are implied by the Constitution but actually trying to amend the Constitution by interpreting things that are explicitly expressed. I also think we failed as a House because when the Senate went to the Judiciary, that is the Supreme Court and got an advisory opinion, we should have appealed for the world to see that the Judiciary is, for once, wrong and that it is being an activist on the interpretation of our Constitution. If we decide that what we are doing here is right and what I am trying to propose that Kajwang’s vote does not count because we went there as a House or delegation, then I want to agree with Hon. Duale that in the Budget and Appropriations Committee which I sit in, the Cabinet Secretary for Treasury had a presentation.He made it very clear that the Kshs. 1billion which was allocated to the Senate, I do not know by who and why, does not really have a place. The Senators want to be covered in areas that are already covered by mileage. I am paid mileage every week to get to my constituency. Why would a Senator require double mileage to get into the county to do inspections? In fact, it is illegal to fund one item twice using money from our people. Secondly, what they want to do with this Kshs.1 billion is to open offices. The Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) already provides me and the Senator money for my office at home and it also provides money for me to travel and go home. Hon. Speaker, you are the Chairman of PSC. This money was misplaced. We share the PSC with the Senate. This is because how would you give Senators money for mileage and yet you have already provided for it? How would you give him extra money for office when you have already given the money under the offices that we have in our constituencies? I think the Treasury had a good point that it was unnecessary to fund those areas unless Senators become creative and tell us what they want to do with this money. Other than that, I do not think it has any place. Now that we are here, we might take what they have decided as the Mediation Committee of the Senate and as a House. I think that money is now free because we do not have a framework as Treasury said for this money to be used. We have Kshs1 billion already. For Judiciary to misinterpret the Constitution, they need to pay Kshs1billion as well. Now that we do not have anybody else, we go to the national Government and get the other Kshs1billion. I still ask whether we are debating something here that is correct under Article 113(4). Thank you, hon. Speaker."
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