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    "id": 1476838,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to reply. I thank the House for standing with the committee. Several people have spoken. It is instructive that only one Senator has disagreed with the committee. That is Sen. Chimera. I would like to appeal to him that when it comes to voting, he should join the rest of the Members of the House because we cannot, as a Chamber, entertain any possibility of taking away money which has been granted through law to the counties of Kenya. Many Senators have truly enlightened the committee. I applaud the contribution of the Senator for Nairobi City County. He said something that I had not reflected on. He said that according to the Constitution, there shall be an annual Division of Revenue Bill. That means this Bill can only come before this Chamber once every year as he said. Therefore, if we attempt to entertain this amendment that amends Section 5, we shall, in effect, be bringing the Division of Revenue Bill twice before this Chamber. Madam Temporary Speaker, we would be opening ourselves up to the possibility of litigants Kenyans and they are many these days. They will take our decision to the High Court and we shall lose. Their position will simply be that the Constitution says there shall be an annual Division of Revenue Bill, and the court will agree with them that we have made it twice and, therefore, contravened the Constitution. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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