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    "id": 1232761,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1232761/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Veronica Maina",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for this opportunity to contribute to this very important debate on the Division of Revenue Bill, which is before this House. First of all, I would wish to note that if the Senate existed for any other purpose, then this is one of such core purposes. It is to ensure that a Bill of this nature is dealt with in an expeditious manner in order to ensure that the counties are very well resourced for the functions that they have been assigned under the Constitution. From the very onset, while there is need to engage in a robust debating on a Bill of this nature, we must also understand that the process that is being done by the Senate right now must be done in such a manner as to ensure that it is dealt with in an expeditious manner without unnecessary bottlenecks. Due to the fact that the allocation of these resources are needed to ensure that counties are functional and that there is sensitivity in our operations to the needs of the people of Kenya, that such can be dispensed with so that the resources that need to go to the counties are not unduly held. This is because, a long delay in dealing with such"
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