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    "id": 1067674,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Rabai, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. William Mwamkale",
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        "legal_name": "William Kamoti Mwamkale",
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    "content": "that was formed went around the 47 counties and I am happy to report that when they were in the Coast region, the people of Rabai were invited. We sent our delegation to give input to this document. So, the report that the steering committee used to come up with the Bill – because it is the steering committee that came up with this Bill – included all the views of the people of Kenya. So, these being views of the people of Kenya, nobody can really say that it is from the handshake brothers as I have heard it being said. These are views of the people and it does not matter who really came up with the idea. Our President and our former Prime Minister could have come up with the idea but it was taken to the people and it is the people who gave us the gist of these amendments. No document is perfect and we are amending the Constitution now. This will not be the last time this document is amended because it will not even make it perfect. I am inviting Members of Parliament and members of the public to look at the greater good and to look at the provisions that mwananchi has been looking for – the needs of the people of Kenya. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I come from Rabai, which is in the Coast region. We have had a history of complaints that the national cake has not been reaching Coast province. At one time, people even suggested that Pwani si Kenya . However, here we have 35 per cent which is going to the counties. Some Members of this House have died because our hospitals have no oxygen facilities. We have lost Members here. If we say no to the 35 per cent allocation of revenue then even the COVID-19 issue will not be addressed by the counties. So, let us focus on the greater good of this document. Let us pass it for posterity. We should not mix it with the 2022 General Election issues. Most of us who are opposing this thing have 2022 in mind. Let us look at it in terms of prosperity."
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