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    "id": 922208,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/922208/?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, for allowing me to contribute in regards to the Procedural Motion on the Division of Revenue Bill. First of all, I thank all the Senators and everybody else who is involved in making sure that counties are protected. As previously mentioned by my colleagues, what we are asking is only 10 per cent of the total Budget for delivery of most of the services in this country. Health and Agriculture, among others, are devolved functions that Kenyans require services. For instance, where I come from, we have never received such kind of services. We could be doing much better if resources were in the right hands. Nevertheless, we have received services better than we ever received since this country’s Independence. In my own county, there is a 27-kilometer tarmac road. That is the first tarmac road we have ever had since Independence. It came as a result of the Constitution that we have. This is not about supremacy or massaging egos but about lives of Kenyans. As a House of wisdom and with many learned people, we are here to protect the counties and we have no apologies whatsoever to make. What happened today is historical. I am proud to be a Member of such an important House."
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