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    "id": 1064170,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1064170/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Langat",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13189,
        "legal_name": "Christopher Andrew Langat",
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    "content": "Madam Deputy Speaker, the 42 tribes are fairly included in sharing the resources of this country through devolution. However, the Bill has not effectively represented the 42 tribes, especially the small ones at the Executive level. The five or six positions that have been created in this Bill are only intended to convince the bigger tribes to get into a political coalition so that they manipulate smaller tribes in terms of leadership. So, I am yet to be persuaded on inclusivity, which was the core objective of this Bill. To me, this inclusivity has not been catered for as Kenyans expected. Third, when we are told of different versions of the Bill; be it in terms of grammatical or content, I am more or less convinced that the draft that went to county assemblies might have had more errors than what we have in both Houses. Maybe even the draft that citizens were given had more errors. Madam Deputy Speaker, when dealing with serious constitutional amendments which will guide the framework of the development, sharing resources and creating peace and harmony in our country, these small errors and differences should not allow any advancement of this document. All over the world, Bills aimed at the reduction of Government expenditure are prioritized. This happened with President Ronald Reagan of USA. However, this Bill creates more burden to taxpayers of this country. It is not enough to say there will be a Prime Minister and two Deputy Prime Ministers. We should also be concerned with a lot of resources that will be allocated to those offices. The other time we had to open the debt ceiling so that we can continue borrowing. Who will allow us to continue borrowing for the sake of creating positions? This Bill overburdens the taxpayers and should not be allowed to see the light of day. If you check critically, all those things we say they are good, but to me, they are sweeteners. They are aimed at making some communities and youth to support this Bill. Any amendment retrogressive on matters to do with justice and touching the Judiciary should not be allowed to see the light of the day because Judiciary is a very important arm of the Government. We are now allowing the Executive to introduce the Ombudsman. That is usurping the powers of this Constitution which provides for the separation of powers. Again, this is an issue that we have to address seriously because it is meant to weaken the intuition of |Judiciary."
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