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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Musyimi",
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        "legal_name": "Mutava Musyimi",
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    "content": "I can hardly hear myself, hon. Speaker, due to consultations in front of me. Thank you, hon. Speaker. I want to thank this hon. House for understanding the issue. I am deeply impressed by their grasp of the law and what the expectations of our people were when they gave themselves a new Constitution. Going forward, proposals have been put on the table in the short term. I want to take this opportunity to again plead that we take all possible opportunities to invest in the yet-to-be-concluded socio-economic audit of our Constitution. I look forward to that programme getting more funding in the forthcoming Supplementary Estimates, so that they can carry on with their work. I want to believe that, that will not just be a process to bash the Senate; that seems to be the understanding on the other side, but it is an audit of both the national and county governments. I am also very pleased for you, hon. Speaker, because I know you have borne the brunt of vilification by the advisory opinion. Your mind is clear, as a senior judicial officer before you came here, as to what the law says on this matter of the Division of Revenue Bill. We have seen you agonise. I am very glad myself that we have had the opportunity to tell you as Members of this House that we totally agree with your interpretation of the law on that matter. We have met as a Committee and I will be giving the recommendations soon hereafter. For now, let me again thank the hon. Members. I am very pleased with the bipartisan understanding of the issue. It is always a joy for me when I see us closing ranks on an issue of national importance, and talk about Kenya and not about CORD or Jubilee. For those of us who participated in the mediation, the Hon. T.J. Kajwang’ and the Hon. Mary Emaase, allow me to give them my appreciation. We are also grateful to the Senators who participated, Sen. Mutahi, Sen. Boni Khalwale and Sen. Beatrice. With those not-so-many remarks, I beg to reply."
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