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    "id": 421787,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/421787/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, first, you and I, who are life members, need not pay again. Secondly, this is an organization or an association where parliaments are represented. I have been noticing a trend where when we go to these meetings, the National Assembly seems to think that they have greater legitimacy in having greater representation than this House. I want to encourage you, as our leader, because the leaders of CPA are the Speakers, we go to the meeting with a defined agenda as to the representation on the Executive Committee of CPA for Kenya. In my view, there should be equal representation from the Senate and the National Assembly. Why? Although there is an argument that in the National Assembly, there are more members, but those more members are equal to each Senator who represents a County in which constituencies are based. If you take the Senator for Busia - Sen. Wako - he is equal to seven Members of Busia County. So, you cannot say that because they are seven from there, therefore, they must have more representation. I want us to define the rules before we go to the meeting so that if we are going to have eight officials, four must be from the Senate and four from the Lower House."
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