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    "id": 960984,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 210,
        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "The current operations of the national Government are not based on the Appropriation Bill, because the Appropriations Bill that was passed is annulled. It could have been legitimate if it came after DORA. If it came before DORA, it is no Bill and it is no law. Therefore, they are operating on a vote on account. When DORA has been passed, we can then move to a fresh Appropriations Bill. Yesterday, this House took a very extraordinary nationalist position under your guidance to pass the Division of Revenue Bill, even when some Members had very hard positions. It took many of us to convince each other to literally go and persuade our colleagues to come to the House. Of course, there were those who were picketing in the opposite direction. However, we eventually passed Division of Revenue Bill. Having passed the Division of Revenue Bill yesterday, one would expect the National Assembly not to have a leg to stand on to reject our proposal. The Chairperson should alert the House as we go for mediation, because that is the next step, that we may be called upon anytime during the recess, to come for a special sitting to deal with this issue of financing the counties. This is now a constitutional moment in the country. The BBI process is not closed. Yours truly and three other Senators went there today to present the views of the Senate. As a House, we need to quickly think, and can be guided by the Committee on Finance and Budget, to see if there are any gaps and lacuna in the Constitution that we need to plug in. That will help us have a solution built in the Constitution in the event that we end up in a similar situation in the future. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir."
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