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Article 221 of the Constitution of Kenya

Article
221
Index row title
(1) At least two months before the end of each financial
Source document
The Kenya Constitution
Provision ID
12bdbf96-1e86-45ad-b97f-2dc799e21165

271 words

Verbatim text

year, the Cabinet Secretary responsible for finance shall submit to the National Assembly estimates of the revenue and expenditure of the national government for the next financial year to be tabled in the National Assembly. (2) The estimates referred to in clause (1) shall— (a) include estimates for expenditure from the Equalisation Fund; and (b) be in the form, and according to the procedure, prescribed by an Act of Parliament. (3) The National Assembly shall consider the estimates submitted 130 under clause (1) together with the estimates submitted by the Parliamentary Service Commission and the Chief Registrar of the Judiciary under Articles 127 and 173 respectively. (4) Before the National Assembly considers the estimates of revenue and expenditure, a committee of the Assembly shall discuss and review the estimates and make recommendations to the Assembly. (5) In discussing and reviewing the estimates, the committee shall seek representations from the public and the recommendations shall be taken into account when the committee makes its recommendations to the National Assembly. (6) When the estimates of national government expenditure, and the estimates of expenditure for the Judiciary and Parliament have been approved by the National Assembly, they shall be included in an Appropriation Bill, which shall be introduced into the National Assembly to authorise the withdrawal from the Consolidated Fund of the money needed for the expenditure, and for the appropriation of that money for the purposes mentioned in the Bill. (7) The Appropriation Bill mentioned in clause (6) shall not include expenditures that are charged on the Consolidated Fund by this Constitution or an Act of Parliament. Expenditure before annual budget is passed

What this means

  • The index files this text under article 221 of the Constitution of Kenya.
  • The passage runs to about 271 words.
  • Read plainly, it mentions assembly and association — it protects gathering together or joining a group, union or party (the words used: “Assembly”); it mentions equality and non-discrimination — it requires equal treatment or forbids discrimination (the words used: “Equalisation”).

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