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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Abdalla",
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        "legal_name": "Amina Ali Abdalla",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. I beg to support the mediated version of the Division of Revenue Bill. I want to register my support for Hon. Mutava. He has not been receiving very good views from some of us. However, we have to appreciate that some of the balancing acts he has been doing have gone beyond the call of duty. Some of them need to be appreciated. We also need to appreciate the Budget and Appropriations Committee in general for the good work they normally do. Some of the recommendations I have heard since morning are opening too many war fronts. Whereas I totally support the fact that to give counties this extra Kshs3.3 billion we need to cut the funding that we promised the Senate--- I called it what it was but many Members rose on points of order to correct me, so that I do not call it a bribe. I would like to congratulate the Members for seeing the light that we do not need to bribe the Senate mainly because, together with the Judiciary, they are the source of the problem we are in regarding the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF). You do not bribe your enemy and expect them to change their views about you. Whereas I truly support the reduction of the allocation to the Senate, I would request my colleagues to appreciate that the rulings the Judiciary has been making on matters pertaining to the National Assembly’s war with the Senate appear to have been written by some of the Senior Counsel in the Senate; we must appreciate that the Judiciary or the Supreme Court that gave the opinion, is not Justice Mutunga. It is those The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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