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    "id": 385093,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wako",
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        "legal_name": "Amos Sitswila Wako",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you were right this morning in your ruling that this Bill is properly before this House, and I do not have to quote the sections that have been quoted. I defend the right of the Member of Parliament who sought the ruling of the Speaker in the National Assembly on whether or not this Bill is properly before us; he had that right. But in the exercise of that right, unfortunately in the debate concerning that issue, they went overboard. But I would like this House to show – because we are here to show that we are the Upper House – by conducting our debate here with decorum, sticking to the issues, not being abusive or anything of what went on yesterday in Parliament. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I believe that hon. Member read Section 96(3) of the Constitution a bit too narrowly. Section 96(3) reads as follows. “The Senate determines the allocation of national revenue among counties, as provided in Article 217, and exercises oversight over national revenue allocated to the county governments.” So, he read that to show that we do not have the responsibility to decide the issue of division of revenue between the national Government and the county governments but, as usual, little knowledge can be quite dangerous."
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