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    "id": 346753,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/346753/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ogindo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 120,
        "legal_name": "Martin Otieno Ogindo",
        "slug": "martin-ogindo"
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I think the Minister is dealing with side issues. We are getting into a different system of Government and it is incumbent on this House to get this foundation correct. We are talking about the law – the Constitution. The Minister can only navigate within the law and within the Constitution. He cannot sacrifice the Constitution and the law at the altar of expediency which is that there must be a basis and this precedent is very important. There must be a basis for the Revenue Allocation Bill and that basis is the Revenue Division Bill. If for practical purposes this cannot be set out in a Revenue Division Bill, then a calculation must be done and then a parliamentary committee - the Budget Committee - is convinced that indeed this is the allocation. Then it is on the basis of this division that we do the allocation. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir it is important that this is done because Kenyans are watching and we will be judged harshly if we shall have created a precedent that will not have formed the county governments. This is a window that is going to be exploited in future that we have done it before and we can do it again and eventually we shall kill this- --"
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