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    "id": 1418544,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1418544/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Eldas, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Adan Keynan",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Adan Wehliye Keynan",
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    "content": "I hope that Hon. Owen Baya, the Deputy Leader of the Majority Party, will hear our sentiments. This Bill is a precursor to the promulgation of the current Constitution. Hon. Owen Baya is still very busy consulting. The operations, activities and mandates of those regional bodies have been overlapping. The original idea of having regional bodies was superb and good . Mzee Moi and his cohort had a good idea of devolving funds through those regional bodies. Over time, because of the changing dynamics of Kenya and our constitutional framework, the functions and original mandate of some of those bodies have been declared nugatory. Therefore, we need to streamline and put them into perspective to complement the role of the national Government. What Hon. Owen Baya is suggesting is not good. I am sure he is a leader trying to create a niche for himself in the Coast region, but that should not negate the national spirit. Hon. Temporary Speaker, generally, over the years, the things that have really reduced every aspect of our development agenda are regionalism, tribalism, cronyism and corruption. As much as I agree that the people of the Coast region require that dynamic approach, we must also appreciate that the region is part and parcel of the Republic of Kenya and Kenya is a unitary State. Therefore, that approach to our development agenda only negates the national spirit."
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