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    "id": 909135,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/909135/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orengo",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 129,
        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
        "slug": "james-orengo"
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    "content": "When the Controller of Budget makes decisions that require Parliamentary sanction, it must also come to the Senate, and not just to the National Assembly. This is a historical moment and we must fight to the end. This time, we are asking the substantive Speaker of the Senate not to look backwards when the moment comes because I think everybody is prepared for this confrontation in the court and everywhere where we can be heard. He should show leadership like the previous Speaker did. We went to the Supreme Court, which clearly spelt out the parameters of both Houses of Parliament. The Supreme Court ruled that every business under the Republic of Kenya, including every financial or even matters of security is the business of the Senate and the National Assembly. Madam Temporary Speaker, if you are not careful in this moment and time, because we have only two to three years to the elections--- What is happening at the moment is so critical that I am so encouraged that we are standing firm, through the Mediation Committee. The Senate will be firm in all this process to ensure that the Constitution of the Republic of Kenya is not eroded. It does not matter what the National Assembly is doing now as long as it can be proved to be unconstitutional. All they are doing is wasting their time. It does not matter what the CS for the National Treasury, Mr. Rotich, is doing, because as the Senate Majority Leader has rightly pointed out, the business of presenting budgets, as it was in the old days, is no longer a constitutional legal requirement. What he is doing today is a good day for him to carry a briefcase and wear some roses, but in effect, it has no legal significance."
}