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    "content": "fund for none. It is as simple as that. We want CDF to go to the counties, the governors’ office. The Senators will oversight how that money will be managed and used. Mr. Speaker, Sir, with your guidance and leadership in this House, if they pass any misguided Bill because the language they are using is that they will tailor CDF to only focus on national functions, then they are wrong because CDF cannot focus on national functions because its philosophy, genesis and management is of a devolved fund. Therefore, it will remain squarely within the ambit of devolution and under the watchful eyes of the Senate, including the distinguished Senator for Baringo who we hope will be attending sessions and contributing to this as often as we want him to do. Mr. Speaker, Sir, if a new law will be passed on CDF, this Senate should be ready to go to court if it is passed without passing here because the court said that it must have our concurrence. Our concurrence means it will be passed there and be sent here for debate, passage or rejection. It will then go to mediation. This time round, the Senate may also want to negotiate from a fixed position. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I finish, I want to salute one man in the National Assembly called T.J Kajwang. In the mediation, hon. Musyimi attempted in all manner possible, in every way he could, ways that are most unreligious even us he masquerades to be a reverend to get T.J Kajwang to stand with them against the Senate. Hon. T.J Kajwang told them that he comes from CORD which is agitating for more money in the counties. He asked them: How can I deny the counties an extra Kshs7 billion when I am saying they should get 45 per cent of the national budget? We salute him and what he did is not in vain or wasted. I want to end by saying this and it goes to our President as the authority that assents to Bills that when a Bill has gone through mediation, it is not a private matter. When it is eventually passed and taken to him for assent, the first question he ought to ask or to be advised on is whether the Bill reflects the outcome of the mediation or not. If it does not, then it is not a Bill he should assent to. The President has been probably tricked because he has so many things to deal with. Sometimes he may be tricked to sign on a dotted line. He believes that the Attorney-General has read things for him and that he is bringing him proper advice. We also want to put the Attorney-General on notice that if he is sleeping on the job, there are ways of dealing with him because we cannot go to mediation on Bill, reach a finding and then a different version from what is mediated on is taken to the President for assent. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as a matter of procedure and practice, I want to encourage that when a Bill has gone through both Houses and it is taken to the President for assent, it should carry a certificate from each Speaker of each House. This is to show that they are convinced that this is what was agreed by both Houses. That way we will have an orderly way of legislating. However, if the Speaker of one House after passing the Bill, within less than six hours, he sneaks into State House for the Bill to be assented to, even if I was the one to assent, I would ask questions. Why this rush? Why come to me in the night? We have been seeing on television Bills being assented to after working hours. That raises serious questions."
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