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    "id": 1160890,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1160890/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13165,
        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this is a matter of the rule of law. Somebody wants to undermine this House. They want to prove to the world that the Senate does not matter; that we can sit here, pass legislation and be ignored. This cannot be the case. Let me take you back and inform you that I know the history of the County Grants Bill. I was part of the Committee on Finance and Budget in 2016 when people went to court and sued Parliament. They specifically mentioned the Senate. This is because when we were budgeting, a trend emerged where despite the Constitution speaking of two levels of division of revenue, the National Treasury and the National Assembly were in cahoots to ensure that certain counties benefit more than others, in contravention of our Constitution, by introducing the county grants. Therefore, following the ruling of the courts, we began the process of ensuring that we come up with a Bill that will ensure that for every allocation, outside of the division of revenue that counties get, there is an enshrined constitutional procedure passed by both Houses of Parliament because we could see a trend. The first county conditional grants were given to five counties. Your neighbouring County of Nyandarua was one of the counties. Somebody argued quite well that we had counties that were not former provincial headquarters. Therefore, they did"
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