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    "id": 1384869,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1384869/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nyeri Town, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Duncan Mathenge",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. While I like the spirit of this Bill, I am opposed to the letter of it. The thinking is right, but the idea is obsolete within the realities of the Constitution of Kenya 2010. When we look at the regional bodies, today's devolved units, which are a creation of the Constitution, have pointed to a new desire to craft new regions in terms of the regional economic blocs. Therefore, if we want to maintain the regional development bodies, we would be better off aligning ourselves with this new thinking. The Tana and Athi Rivers originate in the Mount Kenya region, but they flow all the way to the Coast and drain into the Indian Ocean. At what point do the Tana and the Athi River Basins end, and at what point does the Coast Region Development Authority pick up? Based on just that one example, we find that there is a lot of duplication and overlap and, therefore, a tendency to wastage. One other demonstration is that if you go to the Lake Basin, you will find…"
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