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    "id": 1111572,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1111572/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.",
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    "content": "When Sen. Sakaja raised an issue with the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) - it was a proposal - somebody thought that you could remove Nairobi as a county. How could he have done so? You cannot do so because the framers of the Constitution never imagined that if you do not like Nairobi, you can remove it. Sen. Murkomen has been saying that if you do not like the Governor, remove him or her and put another administration. It was never contemplated. Similarly, you cannot shift a county. If you think that a county like Lamu is small, you merge it with Mombasa. However, you cannot do so because you will have to seek the views of Kenyans and meet the threshold. How the report will be considered is also provided in the Bill. While this matter has been going on, the National Assembly has been approving regulations under the Districts and Provinces Act. When I see the Districts and Provinces Act of 1992 in the Kenya Gazette, where the Cabinet Secretary has proposed regulations, I wonder whether these people, when the Constitution was passed, the lights were shut off and on in their houses at some point. How do you do regulations under the District and Provinces Act, Cap 105(a) when it became the 47 counties?"
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