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    "id": 1425110,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1425110/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Osotsi",
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        "legal_name": "Osotsi Godfrey Otieno",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I congratulate the Members appointed to the Mediation Committee. I say that the task ahead is important as far as Article 96 of the Constitution is concerned. The National Assembly Members, whom I used to serve with, must understand that the most progressive thing that happened to this country since Independence is the promulgation of the new Constitution that provided for devolution. There is an attempt to fight devolution. Unfortunately, the National Assembly is the House that is being used to fight devolution. I listened to the deliberation of the National Assembly on this matter. I think in the mediation committee meeting, the first agenda should be for the Majority Leader and the Chairperson of the Finance and Budget Committee in the National Assembly to apologise. They gave the impression that we, as Senators, were going to deduct money from the NG-CDF and money for roads. That was not the case. We are not talking about the actual budget process. We are simply talking about the division of revenue between the national Government and the county governments. So, even as we talk about that, we need also to talk about the bigger issue here. On this Order Paper today, there is Order No. 9, which talks about Bicameral relations between the two Houses. This Bill is unconstitutional. I wonder why we are rushing it through ---"
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