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    "id": 1067983,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Saku, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ali Rasso",
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        "legal_name": "Dido Ali Raso",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I thank you for your kindness. I rise to oppose this constitutional amendment Bill. The reason why I oppose it is because my background is of a soldier. The bullet never travels in a zigzag manner. It travels straight. As Members of this House, we must stand firm. We must be patriotic and stand for the truth. On 18th December 2014, ODM and Jubilee fought on the Floor of this House. We threw out the ODM guys led by Hon. Mbadi, Hon. Junet and many others, because we were contesting a Bill that would seriously undermine the rule of law and the independence of institutions. The Bill was about security. The magnanimity of the moment led the courts at that time to sever that Bill in several areas because we wanted a unified and stable country that is able to address many of its issues by looking internally. It is not lost on us that those who moved this very important Bill were not Members of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. It was moved by the Leader of the Majority Party and Leader of the Minority Party. That clearly showed that those promoters had very little faith in the Committee although it gave us a sterling report. I thank the Committee for that reason. Kenyans celebrated the handshake. The handshake brought stability, a lot of sense and tranquility to this country. I thank the two leaders, the President and the former Prime Minister. However, what started as the handshake and what arrived on our tables as the BBI are very different things. They are completely different things. Anyone who says that the BBI will bring Kenya together is getting it wrong. It will divide this country down the middle. As far as sharing of resources is concerned, Article 203 of the Constitution shows that in allocating resources, there is a need to ensure that the highest allocation in terms of the average amount of money allocated per person to a county does not exceed three times that of the next county. We are going back to 1965 when Sessional Paper No.10 that laid the foundation for development in this country was put in front of us. That is the inequality we face today."
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