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    "id": 112812,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/112812/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Namwamba",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 108,
        "legal_name": "Ababu Tawfiq Pius Namwamba",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have delayed joining my colleagues in the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) in Naivasha because of the gravity of this Question. I believe that it is critical for the Government to not only give a commitment, but to also demonstrate clearly that it has the financial capacity to finance both the voter registration exercise which commences in a week’s time, and the referendum that is expected mid-2010. My further question to the Assistant Minister is as follows: There are reports that the Government has appealed to international development partners to support the financing of that process. We are often reminded in this House by the Government of the notion of sovereignty and we have taken great pride in the sovereignty of this land. If we are going to run to development partners to finance a critical national process like voter registration and a referendum on a new constitution, how does that reflect on our sovereignty as a nation and on our preparedness for a process of such great significance? Is it true that the Government---"
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