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    "id": 886244,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/886244/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Farhiya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Farhiya Ali Haji",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I wish to congratulate you on your new position. You are doing a good job. I add my voice to this Bill. I also happen to be in the Committee on Finance and Budget. Of course, on every issue that we look at, there are divergent issues. Everyone has a different lens of looking at things. Madam, Temporary Speaker, overall, I believe that this Bill is good for counties in terms of equity. It speaks to the heart and the spirit of devolution. This is because, with this Bill, whether you voted for the Governor or not, he can never have an issue in a way that you do not get development just like everybody else. People exercise their democratic rights and they have a choice. If they never chose a specific governor, but chose someone else, then they do not deserve to be punished. From where we come from, that is what we see all the time. Madam Temporary Speaker, the amount might not be that big - 15 per cent. For people who think that we are prescribing what governors would have used to do bigger projects, they still have 85 per cent. Surely, if you have 85 per cent, then you can do a lot with it; unless you want to pocket 100 per cent of the money that you are given. If you want to pocket everything, at"
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