{"id":384719,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/384719/?format=json","text_counter":100,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"The amount will be determined elsewhere and they will only bring the amount to the Senate for us to allocate. That is a function that can be done in a computerized manner. You can feed into the computer what should be taken into account and then go on to say, here is the amount; here are the counties and these are the peculiar features of a county. Does this mean that each of these Senators, elected by people in the counties, came to carry out a role that a computer can do? This is the absurd consequence of the procedures that have been adopted. Therefore, I am in support of your appeal and urge His Excellency the President – I know that his heart is for devolution because he has said so many times - not to assent to this Bill. He should return it in accordance with your letter. Let it come back to us and it will be dealt with in a constitutional process that has been outlined under our Constitution so that our role as the Senate is taken into account."}