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    "id": 113549,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/113549/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mudavadi",
    "speaker_title": "The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Government",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 84,
        "legal_name": "Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi",
        "slug": "musalia-mudavadi"
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, how would you prove that somebody benefitted from the fraud? What evidence do you have that I have received an iota of a cent? This is serious! Unfortunately, it is a signed document, doing the rounds, and it has all these allegations that are based on no facts. If there was a cheque to show that I received money, it should be attached. If there is land to show that I bought, the title deed should be there, showing that I owned it. In the first place, I am not even a land owner in Karen. Neither am I a beneficiary of any land in Karen. So, clearly, there was a very improper motive in this documentation. I am raising these fundamental issues because I may be the victim today but, tomorrow, there is going to be another Member of Parliament who is going to face the same kind of thing, where a document is leaked out on the basis of unfinished investigations, and then he is told: “You are criminal on this matter.” Mr. Speaker, Sir, the war against corruption must be tackled properly. If anybody is found to be guilty, he should be dealt with in accordance with the law. But we should not use our institutions to politicise the process. The process is serious. It is thorough, and everybody must have an opportunity to be heard. I have been persecuted and crucified before the investigations are complete. So, out there, the public thinks that I am guilty. I have not been given a chance. When this report was being forwarded, they had not asked me to even counter the allegations that are contained therein. So, it is one sided and based on one of the persons whom they say was found with resources from the same transaction. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rest my case, but I feel bitter. I table the documents."
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