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    "id": 917105,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/917105/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Makueni, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Daniel Maanzo",
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Kitonga Maanzo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to contribute on this important Motion. A lot has been said and the law has already been pleaded in this House. I want to correct some notions which may not have followed the law. For example, on the issue of revenue allocation, this is majorly a matter of the two Houses and it originates in the National Assembly. I have had an opportunity to sit in a mediation committee before, between the National Assembly and the Senate. One time Sen. Wako was chairing and matters were polished out very clearly. There were no differences between the National Assembly and the Senate as such. Both of them form Parliament, and there are distinct roles which are clearly outlined in the Constitution by the people of Kenya. Therefore, when it is an issue of additional money in the Budget, like there is an issue right now, what the Senate should simply do is to approach the CS in charge of the National Treasury and the matter would be sorted out at the Treasury level, since we have passed it here. In the mediation, they must invite technocrats of the Budget to clear the matter. It is a matter of the National Treasury and it will be cleared there. In the event there is a deficit, as I have heard the governors ask for more billions of shillings—which are not clearly being overseen at the counties—that should come under a Supplementary Budget so that the counties can do the very important job of devolution, which Kenyans have found very useful."
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