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    "id": 955303,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/955303/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orengo",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
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    "content": "Of course, the Government does not get money from the heavens; it has got well designed processes for raising revenue in terms of taxation. Therefore, in dealing with this matter, we will be freeing, first of all, the counties from the yoke of an imperial national treasury and from a National Assembly which has been captured. By doing so, we will also be loyal to the old principle or creed of: “No taxation without representation.” If the National Assembly cannot play that role, then the Senate can play that role. There was a founder of the American Constitution known as John Adams, who was the second President of the United States of America (USA). He said: “Facts are very stubborn things, you cannot change them.” Facts exist, and those facts – whether in regard to these corrupt deals as we will see in this acquisition of medical equipment – also exist in the whole budgeting process. Therefore, I hope that from the debate that I heard yesterday, where Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr., Sen. Wetangula, Sen. Mwangi and the Chairman of the Finance and Budget Committee, Sen. Mahmud, who is not here today, say that unless we are prepared to push"
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