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    "id": 583074,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/583074/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Lesan",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Wilfred Rottich Lesan",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker Sir, I stand to present a petition by the petitioners in my county for the quick resolution of the budget crisis currently obtaining in Bomet County. The undersigned citizens of Kenya, citizens of Bomet County, pursuant to Article 96 and 119 of the Constitution, draw the attention of the Senate to the following: THAT, there is currently a stalemate between Bomet County Assembly and Bomet Governor, Hon. Isaac Rutto, on the county budget of 2015/2016 Financial Year which threatens to become a major crisis if urgent action is not taken to avert it. The particulars of the budget crisis are: (1)THAT, the County Assembly passed the Bomet County Appropriation Bill 2015 on 30th June 2015 and forwarded the same for assent to the Governor who subsequently returned the Bill to the Assembly with a memorandum. (2)THAT, from our perusal of the assembly HANSARD, some members of the county assembly raised issues regarding the legality of the governor’s memorandum necessitating that the county assembly speaker gives a considered ruling on the same. (3)THAT, on 16th of July, the Speaker of the county assembly of Bomet, Hon. Geoffrey Kipng’etich, gave a ruling on the Governor’s memorandum whose effect was a finding that the memorandum was invalid and thus inadmissible for consideration by the Assembly. (4)THAT, in his ruling the Speaker observed that the Appropriation Bill is a unique Bill built on budget planning documents and resolutions of the Assembly on the budget process, and as such, thus the Governor’s memorandum to be valid, it had to address only issues related to those resolutions and budget planning documents made prior to the passage of the Appropriation Bill. 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."
}