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    "id": 1254572,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1254572/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Lugari, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Nabii Nabwera",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to oppose this Bill based on the Constitution of this country. Article 1(1) of the Constitution provides that: “All sovereign power belongs to the people of Kenya and shall be exercised only in accordance with this Constitution.” We took an oath. It was not an oath to lie but to defend the Constitution. The first thing I looked at in the Report of the Committee were the petitions. I am aware of petitions by Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET), Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) and other people, including farmers in my constituency. Those petitions are not attached. That shows that the Committee did not do a just job. Secondly, Article 201(a) of the Constitution says: The following principles shall guide all aspects of public finance in the Republic— (a) there shall be openness and accountability, including public participation in financial matters. The people of Kenya have spoken in public forums and said that this Finance Bill is oppressive. As a Parliament, we are left with one thing to do, that is, to relook at the Bill and delete what the people have rejected and give them what they want. Hon. Speaker, I want to help my colleagues. Is it true that there are no other ways to raise money? The answer is no. I serve in the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). If we were to close the taps of pilferage, we would raise Ksh600 billion, the money we are looking for. Where in this world can you milk a cow that you have not fed? What we are attempting to do in this Finance Bill is to milk a cow that we have not fed. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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