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    "id": 1143774,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1143774/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Budalang'i, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon Raphael Wanjala",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. A few of us who started the NG-CDF are in this House. They include Hon. Jimmy Angwenyi, Hon. Wamunyinyi and me. If I am not wrong, Hon. Jimmy Angwenyi was sacked as an Assistant Minister by the late President Moi one day at lunch time when he brought up the issue of NG-CDF. So, we are not begging because NG-CDF is established by an Act of Parliament. If Johnny-come-late starts frustrating us using NG-CDF, as a House we need to teach him that we have teeth to bite and we can bite at any time. We are not going to beg. We want to tell the Cabinet Secretary (CS) that we were elected to this House to make laws and everybody working in the Government must abide by these laws. If he does not do what we are saying, next week you will see a Motion of vote-of-no- confidence in the Cabinet Secretary on your desk. Some people have lost their jobs because of this NG-CDF issue. When the Government delays in giving Members of Parliament this money, it causes variations in project contracts. Again, when there are variations, we wait…"
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