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    "content": "forward, that both the Senate and the National Assembly are part and parcel of a process to ensure a step by step budgeting process? That is very critical and important for us. Closer home in another jurisdiction, for example, Rwanda, both Houses have been able to work together. So, it is not impossible to work together. One thing that will help us where we have not worked together is the mediation committee. The mediation committee has been made in such a way that we can come together and have a consensus. I just want to look at the provisions of the Mediation Committee. If we followed them properly, then we would not be in the situation that we are in. For example, one of the products of the Mediation Committee was that both Houses will pass the mediated version of the Bill knowing exactly what the Bill is saying. In this case, we had both manifest and latent aspects of the Bill. It was very clear that there was an amount that was to be allocated, but was reduced from Kshs7 billion to Kshs3.3 billion. However, what was not very clear was where the money should come from. It is not as though that aspect had not been discussed. It had been discussed at various points. The office of the Director of Budget gave proposals for the amount and how much should be used. They gave proposals of where the money was to come from. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the second thing is that our own committee; the Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget---"
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