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    "id": 192484,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/192484/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kosgey",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Industrialization",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Henry Kiprono Kosgey",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, let us go back to serious issues. The President has given consent to this figure. Although you made a ruling which I do not want to challenge--- By saying that it is anything less than this figure--- I think the consent is for the whole Motion and not a small part of the figure, or anything less than that figure. While I do not want to challenge your ruling, you know very well what Section 101 of the Constitution of Kenya says with respect to the expenditure of taxpayers' money. Mr. Speaker, Sir, there are Government programmes awaiting the passage of this Vote on Account. There are expenditures which even exceed what this Vote on Account has. If we were to give a quarter of this amount, as the Motion implies, it would really drive Government services to a halt. Let us face it. It is like saying that you do not want to pass the Vote on Account. It is quite true! That is why I was saying that a legislation or a Motion has a purpose. Sometimes, when we have a Motion like this--- We really would like to be criticized or guided on matters of principle; something which is good for the nation. But when it is something which is negative for the nation-- - As I said, it is just for the purpose of grand-standing or trying to show that there are some people who are opposed to the Government for the sake of it. For that purpose---"
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