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    "id": 116517,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/116517/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Oburu",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Finance",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 194,
        "legal_name": "Oburu Ngona Odinga",
        "slug": "oburu-odinga"
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, what hon. Affey wants to know is why we ignored the advice of the Attorney-General. We did not ignore that advice. Our position, as Government, and as Ministry of Finance, was that we would have appealed against the ruling of the arbitration court. The Attorney-General had advised us that our case would be a little weak even though we had what we believed was genuine concern about the performance of the company. As I have stated, we were budgeting for settlement of this particular case every year, but because of budgetary constraints and some urgent matters that arose, particularly last year, when we had drought that forced us to divert a lot of resources that were meant for things that were normally budgeted for, we were not in a position to pay. We are, however, making arrangements to sort out this matter in a manner that will not affect our normal budgetary issues. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I read out the case number here. I wonder how come Mr. Shakeel did not get it. It is Case No.14444/EBS/VRO at the International Chamber of Commerce International Court of Arbitration. It is a simple issue. So, it should not bother your mind. It should not be mind boggling!"
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