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    "id": 1238984,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1238984/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sirisia, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Koyi",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 2792,
        "legal_name": "John Waluke Koyi",
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    "content": "Generally, as Members of Parliament, we need to support the NG-CDF. We need to do our projects well for the public to see. Our work is oversight and if we do that properly, problems related to the NG-CDF will reduce. Nairobi is a city, yet it gets the same amount of money as rural constituencies like yours, namely, Homa Bay. This is the Capital City of Kenya. It was built long time ago and has been there from the era of Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, President Moi, President Kibaki, President Uhuru Kenyatta, to the present regime of President William Ruto. Nairobi County gets Ksh60 billion, while others get between Ksh4 billion and Ksh6 billion. All the money is sunk in Nairobi to build the City. We, therefore, need to look into this matter. Last time, only 22 Members passed a Bill here. We had started campaigns and many Members were not present. They had gone to start campaigns. They took advantage of that and passed that Bill, not considering the constituencies. They did not follow what the Constitution stipulates. Twenty-two Members of Parliament cannot amend the Constitution! We need to bring that law back to this House, and if not, we go to court. For some of us whose constituencies have three or four wards, we need…"
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