Battle between Senators and Members of Parliament uncalled for

No good can come from the pointless contest between the National Assembly and the Senate over the sharing of revenue between the national government and the counties. In a few short days, it has degenerated into a bad tempered war of words between the members of both houses of Parliament, with the Speakers for both chambers adding to the fuel with their interpretations of the constitution regarding which house is superior.

This is not really a legal debate, despite the vigorous quoting of the Constitution that has attended it. It is, clearly, a political battle that achieves little more than set the tone for relations between the two houses. Like the contest between county and national governments recently, it needs a political solution rooted in mutual respect.