The standoffish between Senate and National Assembly escalated on Thursday with Justice Weldon Korir moving the matter to Chief Justice David Maraga.

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The President of the Supreme Court will now constitute a three-judge bench to handle the crisis which threats to break parliament of the country.

Senators are accusing their colleagues from National Assembly of violating the constitution by enacting at least 24 laws without involving them.

At the center of crisis is the Divisions of Revenue Bill which National Assembly passed without involving the Senate, which is the custodian of devolution.

Siaya Senator James Orengo accused National Assembly of insincerity, adding that Senate could not be overlooked in such laws.

"The Senate is an important institution with legislative budget making a role in the country... there's an enactment of laws which require its input while there are more others in the pipeline that deal with counties, yet they have been left out. It is our view that the court sets it out clear that bills relating to county governments must be in accordance with the law," said Mr Orengo.

In the advisory, the Supreme Court faulted Mr Muturi for abandoning all engagement or consultation with the Speaker of the Senate, and trashing the Senate role in the enactment of the Division of revenue Bill, 2013.

While the Court noted that the requirement for a joint resolution of the question on the nature of the Bill is a mandatory one, it argued that Mr Muturi acted contrary to the Constitution and its fundamental principles regarding the harmonious motion of state institutions.

“Neither Speaker may, to the exclusion of the other, determine the nature of a Bill. That would inevitably result in usurpations of jurisdiction, to the prejudice of the constitutional principle of the harmonious interplay of State institutions,” the Supreme Court observed.