{"id":1063921,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1063921/?format=json","text_counter":31,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Wambua","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13199,"legal_name":"Enoch Kiio Wambua","slug":"enoch-kiio-wambua"},"content":"Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank you for this opportunity to contribute to this Bill. I begin by saying that a very important call has come through for all of us, as Senators, in this Chamber. It is a call to make a choice between moving this country to confront the challenges that we face together or profile this country as a patchwork of winning communities and losing communities. This is not the first time that this call is coming through. This call came through last year and we demonstrated as a House, that we have what it takes to put Kenya first and ensure a win-win outcome for purposes of the sharing of revenue among counties. I have taken a lot of time to go through both the Report and the Bill. I begin my contribution on this confusion arising around the popular initiative as captured in Article 257 of the Constitution. I have heard very distinguished colleagues, most of them lawyers, including ---"}