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    "id": 554594,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/554594/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ng’ongo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 110,
        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "Yesterday, we had a very heated debate with the Solicitor-General. I want to repeat for record that it was not for nothing that Article 218 came before Article 221. Article 218 is with regard to Division of Revenue Bill. Therefore, the Constitution provides that we should first of all transact the Division of Revenue Bill before we embark on serious considerations of the estimates. So, I was asking myself, because this debate was very interesting, that suppose we do not have the Division of Revenue Bill, can we continue to appropriate as National Assembly? There are two schools of thought. For me, it is difficult for us to appropriate because before you divide the national revenue between the two levels of Government, then what are you going to appropriate to the national Government? That question I was asking and I continue to ask. Therefore, I believe that we need to first dispose of the Division of the Revenue Bill. Let it be an Act of Parliament and then we can now embark on the exercise of considering the estimates and approving appropriations. I want to conclude by saying that unfortunately for the Senate - I see the mood of the House and where we are heading - the amount that was provided to them of Kshs1billion is likely to go. That will go because they have no role in consideration of the Supplementary Appropriation Bill. It is unfortunate, but we have to do that so that we pass a message that when we engage in discussions, consultations and negotiations, we are not just doing it for public relations. We are doing it because we mean business. I want to support and ask the House to support this mediated version of the Bill."
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