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    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/959364/?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",
        "slug": "james-orengo"
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    "content": "Executive very carefully. From where I come from, I can tell you that anything happening to any Kenyan belonging to any party – he may be in a party that I disagree with – but if things are done wrongly, I will never support it. I would never support a situation where, instead of the country moving forward on a democratic path, we seem to be going backwards. This Bill is a demonstration of what is happening in the political sphere. I am telling the Executive that there are things they are doing at the moment which will make Kenya look like a banana republic. There are things that are happening in this country at this time that are winding the clock back. I hope I will not make such a speech again on the Floor of this House. But I am hoping that the Executive in this country wakes up and knows that their role is limited. We have a Government which is supervised by Parliament. The Bill of Rights is Supreme and part of the law of Kenya. We should learn not to treat Kenyans as if they belong to a banana republic. Therefore, I am asking fellow Senators that in this financial chapter which has to do with revenue allocation and budgeting, we have to look at it very carefully. In fact, this country is in so much debt that we do not know how much money this country has been committed to. We will know about it in another three years when it is going to bring us down. That is why some people are trying to make sure that we have no role to play in the Division of Revenue Bill because they want to do things the way they want and not the way the Constitution has spelt out. With those remarks, I thank you Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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