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    "id": 13087,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/13087/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, the gist of what I am about to say is that what the Minister has told us amounts to refusal to answer the Question. Allow me to share with the House my frustration and that of my Members in my Committee. I wish to draw the attention of the Minister to Article 35 of the Constitution of Kenya, Subsection (1) and (3). Subsection (1) says that every citizen has the right of access to information held by the State. Subsection (3) says that the State shall publish and publicize any important information affecting the nation. That is the law! In 2003, the Minister for Finance, Mr. Mwiraria, cancelled the contract which had been signed a few weeks before President Kibaki was sworn in. It had been signed between the Government of President Moi and that company. Mr. Mwiraria cancelled the contract. The reason was that it was wrong for a company to be given a monopoly without being subjected to competitive bidding."
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