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    "id": 992865,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for this opportunity. I want to thank Sen. Omogeni because I was in the Supreme Court when he made very serious, elaborate and constitutional submissions against a team from the National Assembly and advocates from the Directorate of Litigation and Compliance. First, besides this issue, we have before the High Court over 22 legislations we have taken for issues of constitutionality because of assenting without the input of the Senate and that matter is still pending. I want to confirm to colleagues that this is a win for the Senate. Having looked at the decision made by the Supreme Court, there can never be an Appropriation Bill without the Division of Revenue Bill. It has formed a basis in terms of appropriation process for the money by both Houses. I want to thank the Supreme Court because despite intimidations of facing budget cuts because of certain interests and blackmail, they stood with the Constitution. Madam temporary Speaker, on the guidance of your office and the Office of the Speaker of the National Assembly, the Supreme Court has given opportunity to both Houses to come up with a structure on how to resolve some of these impasses. As the Committee of Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights, we are willing to come up with necessary legislative interventions in concurrence with your office and the Speaker of the National Assembly to put this matter to rest. I also want to thank the Supreme Court for warning us that in case there is an overstretching impasse in the passage of the Division of Revenue Bill, mediation fails and there is a total shut down in counties because of late disbursement of money or money not appropriated, then Parliament can be dissolved. My learned senior has alluded to other jurisdictions where this has happened before. We should take this seriously because the Supreme Court of Kenya has gone to the extent of telling us that if we do not organize ourselves; Parliament can easily be dissolved."
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