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    "id": 965728,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "wasting time. This is the House that deals with budgeting. The Senate has no role. This is within the reading of the Constitution and sections of the PFM Act. Article 221, more specifically, gives the National Assembly exclusive authority to receive estimates of revenue and expenditure of the national Government and, to be more specific, the estimates of expenditure of the Judiciary. Article 221(6) requires each estimate of the Judiciary alongside that of Parliament, to be submitted to the National Assembly. This is the Constitution. It does not say Senate. It does not say certain offices in Nairobi. It says the National Assembly. We received a report yesterday suggesting a number of amendments. First, we must comply with the existing Constitution and Acts of Parliament. The bicameral Parliament that was contemplated in the Constitution gave specific roles to the two Houses. I want to ask CSs… I saw one getting stressed on the corridors from the Senate. I asked him, “My friend, what is your problem? These people have no powers to impeach you. The worst that can happen to you is to be impeached. So, even if they want to impeach you, they must come and talk to a Member of Parliament of the National Assembly. So, you relax. You will be on the headlines, but the worst that can…” Even for the President and the Deputy President, the Motion must start from here. It must originate from the National Assembly. The Senate cannot impeach the President. It has to look for a surrogate Member from the National Assembly to carry the baby. Hon. Mbadi, surrogate is another form of procreation. You know procreation comes in different forms. Maybe, for you it is an easy thing. It is sometimes a difficult job to do. Hon. Speaker, I want to agree with you that we are making Parliament look bad in the eyes of the public. We must perform our functions as provided for in the Constitution. Again, it is only the National Assembly that can pass the Appropriation Bill for the national Government entities without reference to the Senate. The same process is repeated in the Public Finance Management Act. See Section 38. There is no reference to the Senate. I am happy and I want to thank the BAC. I saw in the BBI Report a recommendation that in this country, we must have a vibrant and independent Judiciary. You cannot be independent if you do not have enough resources. I really want to thank the BAC because this afternoon, we have safeguarded that independence of the Judiciary. The Chief Justice should listen to me: “Please, there is a committee in this House that oversees the budget and operations of the judiciary. Do not bother about press conferences. Tell your Chief Registrar to come to Parliament and talk to the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs.”"
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