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    "id": 1105629,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1105629/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mandera South, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ali Adan",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Adan Hajj Ali",
        "slug": "adan-haji-ali"
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. From the outset, I wish to support the repeal of this Bill. I wish to refer the House to the Committee’s Report, and more specifically on the observation of the Committee, which says that the existing Act does not provide the National Social Assistance Fund to receive funding from the Exchequer. Sometimes we pass laws in this House with gaps. I am afraid the just concluded Bill on the National Irrigation Agency is such a Bill. So, it is important that we repeal with a view to coming up with a better law that accommodates all these. In the first place, it was hoped that the Ministry would introduce a more comprehensive law in the place of this Act addressing all broader sector issues. It did not. I also want to support the fact that, once we begin to redo this Bill afresh, we will consider areas like Mandera South and such areas that are regarded as far-flung and do not receive certain services. We will also consider members who are vulnerable. It is, therefore, very important that we restart the whole process and sort of involve the communities that hitherto are always forgotten. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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