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    "id": 1063926,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1063926/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I said that I have heard conversations amongst my colleagues in the matter of this being a popular initiative. The Co-Chair of the Joint Committee went on record and said that the Committee really agonized over whether this was a popular initiative and how to deal with the Bill. I want to go on record that the body, spirit, mind and soul of this Bill is Executive. What has happened is that this Bill has been clothed with a Wanjiku dress, but when it speaks, you realise that, that is not Wanjiku’s voice. It is a strong and heavy voice. This is an Executive initiative. Let us just admit that and then process it as such. Mr. Speaker, Sir, having said that, the proponents of this Bill, and the Committee has captured it very well. They have said that some 28 or so counties should have additional constituencies. However, an expert opinion from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics brought evidence before the Joint Committee, and it is captured in the Report, that six counties, including Meru, Kitui, Bungoma, Homa Bay, Kisii and Nairobi City County, have been unjustifiably denied additional constituencies."
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