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    "id": 358401,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/358401/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ng’ongo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2884,
        "legal_name": "Alice Wambui Ng'ang'a",
        "slug": "alice-wambui-nganga"
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, Sir, as I conclude, I realize that the Division of Revenue Bill in the Constitution does not have to go to the Senate and I want to demonstrate further that we are likely to face a constitutional crisis if you refer the Division of Revenue Bill to the Senate. It is very clear that if the Senate makes amendments, those amendments will have to be referred back to us and if they reject the Bill, it has to be referred back to the National Assembly. If we do not accept the amendment from the Senate, then the two Houses are supposed to constitute a Mediation Committee. In the event that that Mediation Committee fails to agree, that Bill is lost. Now, take an hypothetical situation and it may be realistic that the Bill that we have just passed, the Division of Revenue Bill, if it goes to the Senate and the Senate makes amendments which this House is not happy with and then the matter is taken to the Mediation Committee and we fail to agree, then we are telling this country that the Division of Revenue Bill will be lost. Do you think this country can lose a Division of"
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