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    "id": 453966,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. ole Ntutu",
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        "legal_name": "Patrick Keturet Ole Ntutu",
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    "content": "If you look at the membership of this Board, it is made up of the governor, the Senator, Members of Parliament and also other members that have been mentioned in this Bill. However, the reason why I am supporting this Bill is, we have given our governors Kshs210 billion this year and if we are going to give them another Kshs210 billion for the next five years, that comes to 105 trillion. Now, somebody is saying that we just give them that money to mess up.For us pastoralists, our lives have been messed up for the last 50 years and we cannot wait anymore for the governors to mess our lives for the next five years. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, when I listen very carefully to some of our lawyers like Amos Wako, James Orengo, Wetangula and our able Speaker, I have seen something very amusing. If you are against a Bill or any Motion that comes to this House, the easiest thing for one to say is that it is unconstitutional. It is very unfortunate when you hear people saying something is unconstitutional because it is very easy to say that. Even my friend, hon. Mbadi, always says things are unconstitutional so that he can get away with it. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to say that this Bill is here and it is constitutional. We will have to discuss it with all Members who are in this House. If you look at the objects of this particular Bill, you will realise that all that we are trying to create is a consultative forum where all of us can sit down and really look at the agenda of our counties. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, when you look at what we have been doing, a lot of this---"
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