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    "id": 1384735,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1384735/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to follow up on the issue which Hon. (Dr) Nyikal has raised and put it in a different perspective. When we publish Bills there is an assertion as to whether they concern county governments or not. In your ruling in respect to the Affordable Housing Bill, if the subsequent amendments made on the Floor of the House removed any reference to the county governments, would it have remained as a Bill affecting county governments? Probably, that ruling requires to be given because I know a number of my colleagues have Private Member’s Bills and I am one of them. From the outset, we might think it affects county governments but after subsequent public participation and Third Reading, we find that any reference to county governments has been amended. How do we treat this matter going forward? This is so that all my colleagues can know how to handle it especially, the new ones. This will avoid confusion and apprehension, on the view that many Bills which come here, unless they are Government sponsored or Leader of the Majority Party sponsored, The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"
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