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    "id": 1259704,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1259704/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Alego Usonga, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Samuel Atandi",
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    "content": "The third observation has to do with the absorption of donor-funded development projects. This is a crisis, and from my previous background in the banking sector, donor-funded projects do not move fast because of the involvement of the donors. When a donor gives resources for a project, they want to participate in the procurement process and ensure they use their own companies in the implementation. They also regulate how resources flow, which affects development projects. In my constituency, a project that is being funded by World Bank and has dragged for years beyond the period the project was supposed to last. Each year, the Government has to return to the donor to request an extension of the project period. Those projects delay purely due to the donor's misbehaviour. If we rely on donors to support our projects through loans, then we need to ask our technocrats in the National Treasury to define the procedures that should be used to fast-track those projects. Otherwise, we will have huge development allocations from donors, which we will never spend and will hurt our economy's performance."
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