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    "id": 1120969,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1120969/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Seneta",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mary Yiane Senata",
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    "content": "Madam Deputy Speaker, first, I take this opportunity to thank the CMD Chairperson for bringing this Petition. You know very well that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is denying many organizations and institutions a chance to help many people to practice their democratic space in this country during and before elections. To channel money to Ministries from different organizations is to automatically deny institutions and individuals a chance to get it for empowerment and also for fighting for democratic space. Last week and the other week, the Ministry of Public Service, Youth and Gender picked women aspirants selectively for capacity building conferences and forums. If these monies are channeled by missions, embassies and other international organizations to specific Ministries, it is already a biased channel. Therefore, we condemn this as women leaders and aspirants of different elective seats in this country. Everyone has a right to see democracy grow in this country. Madam Deputy Speaker, I also want to urge the committee that will handle this Petition to understand the bigger picture and the intention of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in terms of wanting to get these monies to be channeled through the Ministry. Last week and even right now as we are speaking, so many Cabinet Secretaries (CSs) have already gone to campaigns for specific candidates. There will be unfairness when these resources are channeled through Ministries."
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