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    "id": 127043,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/127043/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mbadi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 110,
        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we should lead by example, as one hon. Member is shouting at the back. We should lead by example by having this Bill passed. Once it is an Act of Parliament, it should be implemented immediately. Let us have a leaner Cabinet so as to cut on the cost of running this Government. I do not see anything wrong with that. We have played politics and now it is the time to work. Let us work by offloading some Ministers. At the moment, there is a lot of political bickering. There is a lot of confusion in some Ministries. For example, the Ministry of Medical Services and the Ministry of Public Health have been quarreling because their duties are not clearly defined. To make it worse, the two Ministers come from the two different sides of the political divide. Each one of them wants to exert influence over the other. To avoid all these, let us merge those Ministries as proposed in this Bill. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, at times, we have to sacrifice. Those Ministers who are not willing to sacrifice are not even qualified to be Ministers in the first place. Whoever is going to complain or walk out of his or her political party because he or she has been dropped from the Cabinet, to me, the party should not regret losing such kind of a Minister. In conclusion, it is really a shame that some of the Ministries--- I even wonder, if I was appointed a Minister, I do not know what I would have done. Probably, I would not resign because if I do, I would disappoint the appointing authority. So, maybe, I would stick there. Of what benefit is there for you flying a flag and running a department, then claiming you are a Minister? I would rather you were relieved from that position so that you participate as a Back Bencher. You can then bring Questions to Parliament to probe the functioning of the Government rather than doing a lot of nothing, sitting on the Front Bench and then you will be forced to vote with the Government even when you do not"
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