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    "id": 858846,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/858846/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kilifi North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Owen Baya",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Owen Yaa Baya",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I stand to oppose this Bill. It is on record that Parliament passed a similar Bill, which has journeyed through the process of Parliament up to the Senate level. Today, another Member has brought a similar Bill with other issues put in it to confuse the whole process, but we know at the end of the day there are vested interests in the Bill that we are processing today. To anchor the integrity of Parliament, it should not be used by interested people and cartels. This House needs to make a statement: that this Bill does not pass until the Senate finishes with the other Bill. So, I urge the Members to continue to respect the fact that Parliament needs to be for parliamentarians and not bring in vested interests that at the end of the day make the Parliament system look like it is not serious. We have a similar Bill in the Senate which needs to complete its journey. We know it will pass. If not, we can have another Bill. We cannot have two processes that aim at doing the same thing. Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker."
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