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    "id": 499181,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/499181/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kaluma",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1565,
        "legal_name": "George Peter Opondo Kaluma",
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    "content": "I am not a fan of the Senate and there are so many things they do which are not right. However, let us agree in principle that when we have a Bill touching on a matter relating to a county, in the manner we have the Mining Bill; in which we define how mineral resources or finances coming from there should be shared between the national Government and the county governments---This is a Bill touching directly or indirectly, if anybody chooses to look at it that way, on the county resources and finances. Indeed, minerals, as I have said, sit within particular sections of this country. Now we have petroleum and other oils to be mined in Turkana. Are we saying that a Bill concerning that exploratory process going on in Turkana will be debated without the Senator for Turkana having an opportunity to represent the interests of Turkana? The Mining Bill, if it is lingering somewhere within the House, ought to find its place in the Senate as quickly as possible because that is what the law requires. Secondly, we may pretend that the Senate is doing below our level, but the fact of the matter is this National Assembly is an opportunity of lost governance. The faster we begin thinking as Kenyans and as leaders and know how far we are lagging behind in terms of where we need to take this country, the better for us. There is a programme on television called “ Ungwana au Ushenzi” ---"
}