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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, it is fair to inform ourselves of some of the timelines in our Constitution because you have a responsibility to the county governments. Article 224 of the Constitution states that counties can only prepare their Budgets and come up with appropriation laws on the basis of the Division of Revenue Bill passed by Parliament. If we do not pass the Division of Revenue Bill which in keeping with practise goes to the Senate, then we are holding all the county governments to ransom because they cannot prepare their budgets. We are lucky that this has come a little earlier than it has happened in the last two financial years. Article 218 of the Constitution provides that the Division of Revenue Bill shall be introduced in Parliament, at least, two months before the end of each financial year. I would like to request that we deal with this Bill and if we fail to conclude it today, then we can still proceed with it tomorrow. As we debate it, we should bear in mind those timelines and the possibility of mediation. Hon. Makali Mulu."
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