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    "id": 356716,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 15,
        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "I stand to oppose. Article 218 of the Constitution says the memorandum to the Division of Revenue Bill is not part of the Bill. So, you cannot amend a memorandum. A memorandum is an explanation to that Bill. Two, Standing Order No.117 says that the Memorandum of Objects and Reasons merely accompanies a Bill and it is not part of the Bill for the purpose of enactment. So, hon. Jimmy Angwenyi and hon. Pukose, that was a fundamental issue because this Bill ends at the schedule. You cannot amend it after this schedule. Thirdly, under Standing Order No. 132, the memorandum is not listed among the items which the House can amend - our own rules. So, hon. Nyokabi Standing Order Nos.133, 117 and the same Article 218 you have quoted denies you the right to amend a memorandum. Finally, I want to read that Acts of Parliament do not upon enactment contain any memorandum. That means that if we go by what hon. Nyakabi is saying that amendment will not be binding to Parliament. It is redundant. So, I oppose."
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