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    "id": 922231,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang’",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I support the Procedural Motion. It is important to note that in a bicameral system, the two Houses will not always agree. Kenyans should not be alarmed when the Senate and the National Assembly do not agree. We should also not go into tantrums when the National Assembly does not agree with us or when we do not agree with the National Assembly. That is a feature of bicameralism. In a bicameral system, they say, it is only fools who rarely differ. I believe in a bicameral system. We will have this kind of situation but that is why we have the route of mediation and the option of going to court which we exercised today. Secondly, there is a crisis in this country. It is not just a crisis for counties as governors stated when they went to the Supreme Court. Even the national Government cannot draw money because the Appropriations Bill that was signed by the President is illegal. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, there is a mother-child relationship here. The Division of Revenue Act (DORA) would be the mother and father which gives birth to the Appropriations Bill and to the County Allocation of Revenue Bill. Until both Houses consummate DORA, then there is no way DORA can give birth. There is no way the Appropriations Act can be born. It is a national crisis and that is why we need to shorten debate on this to one day. We must tell the nation that we have a basis and a formula for sticking to the Kshs335 billion. People think that we plucked that from the air. The last allocation was Kshs314 billion and we have said that the revenue growth factor shall be 6 per cent. If we apply 6 per cent to Kshs314 billion, you get Kshs335 billion. Even when we climbed down to Kshs327 billion, we only changed the revenue growth factor from 6 per cent to 4 per cent. Senate is not engaged in guess work. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, finally, in the last financial year, the President did the same thing that he has done this year. I thank God for the handshake because last year when we raised such issues in this House---. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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