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    "id": 747132,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Langat",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 384,
        "legal_name": "Benjamin Kipkirui Langat",
        "slug": "benjamin-langat"
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, thank you very much. When you look at the way the Finance Bill was transacted this time, since the time it was moved by my friend, the Leader of the Majority Party while we were deep in consultations in Mombasa with the National Treasury and the stakeholders--- Although I am not refusing to support it, I think the Leader of the Majority Party should have had the courtesy to inform me and, at least, my Committee, that he was moving the Bill while we were away. He never had that courtesy. However, I allowed him. I think we need to amend the Standing Orders so that anybody trying to move another person’s Bill or Motion should actually do it with a written authority from the owner of the Bill. I did not know what the hurry was for. However, we are where we are. If you look at Article 114 of the Constitution, the others are the CS for the National Treasury, the Speaker and the relevant Committee of the House. Therefore, I do not know how the Leader of the Majority Party came in and put this amendment to the Finance Bill without any of those actors. I think it is good to clarify that if it is a money Bill, Article 114 of the Constitution takes precedence. Thank you."
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