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    "id": 781600,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wakhungu",
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        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I stand here today, first, to congratulate the Cabinet Secretary of the National Treasury, Henry Rotich, for the work well done. We know very well that as per our Constitution, this is supposed to be tabled here before 30th April. He has made history that we are discussing this Division of Revenue Bill today when we have one-and-a-half months to go. I want to confirm that His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta did not make a mistake to retain Rotich as the CS of the National Treasury. Secondly, I thank Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah. I was with him in the Public Investments Committee (PIC) in the last Parliament. I have no doubt he is up to the task and he is going to perform much better than the former chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee. He has done very well and he is up to the task. As earlier said, the Division of Revenue Bill provides a framework for sharing the national revenue vertically. Once the revenue has been shared vertically, then it gives room for the sharing of this revenue horizontally. The Division of The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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