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    "content": "Order, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale! Just before you came in, there was a lot of peace and tranquility in the House. Since you came in, things appear to have changed. I do not intend to throw you out, but you may have to sit in your usual place. The point I was making is that this is a very important position for us, as the Senate. I would request that Sen. Billow in liaison with the Clerk’s Office or the Speaker’s Office sees how best we can publicize. The importance of it, in my very strong opinion, is because if you refer to Article 216 of the Constitution, read against Article 96(3) of the Constitution the role of the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) is very clearly defined. Article 216(1) and (2) says that the CRA shall make recommendations, but if you look at Article 96 (3), it says that the Senate determines. Further Article 216(5) provides that the CRA shall submit its recommendations to the Senate and the National Assembly, national Executive and the others. My understanding is that the CRA can only recommend. Therefore, it should not be seen in the public domain as telling the Senate what to do or what not to do. Reading the Constitution properly, it is quite clear that the Commission might very well be exceeding its mandate in making the statements that it is making in the public domain. Sen. Billow, I would like you to pursue that issue and maybe see how best you can have it publicized, so that the public can understand where the Senate is coming from in making the recommendations or determinations that it has made regarding the further funding of the county assemblies. This will enable the county assemblies attain the mandate that they have under the Constitution. That will be my summing up of the situation."
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