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    "id": 543792,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/543792/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kembi-Gitura",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "James Kembi Gitura",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. First and foremost, I want to thank you for that Communication and particularly for having made the nomination or decision of who is going to represent the Senate in the Mediation Committee. That is a strong team of three. I know that they will be be very helpful in finding a lasting solution for the benefit of the counties that we have sworn to represent as the Senate. For the Senators who did not come to Mombasa for the meeting with the speakers of the county assemblies, first and foremost, I want to state that we had an extremely successful meeting with them. It was one of the best attended consultative meetings that I have been to. The speakers of the county assemblies came with their clerks and other officials. One of the requests that we made at that meeting was the need for them and Members of the County Assemblies (MCAs) to take interest and realise that it is in the best interest of counties that we act. When we talk about the Kshs7.7 billion that we proposed, the Chairman of the Committee on Finance, in the “lower” House, needs to realize that none of that money is coming to the Senate. It is money that will go to the constituencies that they represent. It is money over and above, the highly contested Constituencies Development Fund (CDF). It is money that will be equitably distributed because all of us come from the former provinces. In those provinces, we had what was called provincial general hospitals which currently are Level 5 Hospitals. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
}