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    "id": 986958,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/986958/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Limuru, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Peter Mwathi",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 104,
        "legal_name": "Peter Mungai Mwathi",
        "slug": "peter-mwathi"
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker, I oppose the Division of Revenue Bill that has come from the Senate. I know that the law might be speaking to what the Senate has done but we are boxing ourselves in that the moment we release this money under Article 219, we will have no say over it. So, we are saying we are either trashing the Nairobi Metropolitan Services, which was created by the Executive and, therefore, telling them that they are going to be answerable to the Nairobi Governor and Members of the County Assembly (MCAs) or, because we are the ones who are appropriating the money, we ensure that we do not create other crises upon the COVID-19 crisis that we already have. Nairobi is our capital city. We already have issues of dealing with cases of COVID-19 in Nairobi. I am sure that the Nairobi Metropolitan Services has a role to play in trying to ameliorate issues of COVID-19. If the Kshs16 billion that is supposed to be taken to the Nairobi Metropolitan Services from Nairobi County is not given to them, it means that we will have crippled the Nairobi Metropolitan Services. Hon. Speaker, it is in the public domain that the Governor of Nairobi is currently attempting to initiate a reversal of the Ded of Transfer that was executed. If that is done, it will mean that this money will go to the county government and he will do whatever else he wants to do with it. He may not have to necessarily appropriate it to the Nairobi Metropolis Services. After all, he refused to sign the County Supplementary Appropriations Bill just because he felt that he has ower. Therefore, let us not create a crisis in the country. We are already fighting OVID-9 and many other issues that arose out of it. I oppose The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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