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    "id": 925096,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suna East, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Junet Nuh",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 2840,
        "legal_name": "Junet Sheikh Nuh",
        "slug": "junet-sheikh-nuh"
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    "content": "The Division of Revenue Bill is a legislative agenda. It is not a street matter. It is a matter that goes through a legislative process, including publication of the Bill, First Reading, Second Reading, public participation, Committee of the whole House after which it goes to the second House, which also goes through that process followed by mediation, if necessary. There is a process that is outlined in law on how that Bill is considered. Demonstration is not part of the process. In the Standing Orders of both the National Assembly and the Senate, as well as in the Constitution, there is no provision which says you can deal with a Bill through a demonstration. I have seen the first of its kind in the whole world. Is it out of idleness? Is it lack of proper counsel from the relevant departments of the Senate, like the Legal Department? To make matters worse, the Speaker – I do not want to mention names – was part of the demonstrations. That is demeaning the Office of the Speaker. I cannot expect you to do that. The day you do that, I will bring a Motion to discuss you in this House. I know you cannot do it. Given the way you handle this House, you cannot even entertain Members to demonstrate, leave alone you demonstrating. In conclusion, we are now going to court again. I do not want to discuss a court matter because, even though I am not a lawyer, they normally say that it is sub judice to discuss a matter that is before court. But one thing I am sure of is that the court has no role to play in dividing revenue between the two levels of Government. That is a legislative agenda. Otherwise, the courts may one day say the Judiciary must also get Kshs50 billion. What will you do? If they take the responsibility of dividing money between county governments and the national Government and they rule that the Judiciary must get Kshs50 billion in the next financial year, The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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