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    "id": 1133730,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1133730/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Seme, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) James Nyikal",
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    "content": "In my simple mind, I have listened to lawyers talk about all the issues - rights, international commitments and all that - but to me this is a fight against corruption. The danger that corruption poses to our society is great. Services like healthcare cannot run. You saw what happened to supplies at KEMSA when COVID-19 hit us. When we talk about people’s rights, what about when corruption denies our people from getting healthcare? Are they not denying our people the right under Article 43? So, it cannot just be one side. People can hardly survive businesswise. Investors are going to other countries. We have left few opportunities to do businesses. We lost the oil pipeline that was to run from Uganda – Kenya – Coast – Tanzania; a loss to us merely because of corruption. We cannot have manufacturing sectors started quickly so that our children can get employment; again, that is because of corruption. Our banking system as you have been told is under threat because of corruption. If you look at politics of governance and our electoral system, in as much as we try, people who have money whose sources we do not understand have a big sway in the electoral system. They corrupt the decision of the people using money. We cannot go on and support that. 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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