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    "id": 1361603,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1361603/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Gov. Kawira Mwangaza",
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        "legal_name": "Kawira Mwangaza Mwenda",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr Speaker, Sir. The Okolea Programme, as I said before, has been there for the last 12 years. It is purely funded by the Baite Family Fellowship, where I am the Bishop. All the offerings we get from the church, the pastors and the members of the church take all the money to buy blankets and mattresses. I also donate 50 per cent of my salary towards the Okolea Programme. It is purely a programme by the church and my family. It is funded by the donation made in our church and my 50 per cent contribution from my salary. The issue of banning the Okolea Programme, just came the other day when we had one at Igembe, where my Deputy Governor incited the youths as you saw in the video. They slaughtered the cow that was supposed to be donated to a poor woman. There were chaos. From that event, the Cabinet Secretary came and said that because of the unrest in Meru, he had to ban the Okolea Programme until there is rest in Meru. It was not banned permanently. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in his own wisdom, he decided and acted, so that we get peace and continue as a church. It is purely a church programme. From the day I left this Senate during the first impeachment, we worked well with the MCAs until the last two months, when external forces were trying to interfere with the leadership because of 2027 politics. That is the whole truth. As I stand here, I know that the MCAs have no issues with the Governor, apart from the external forces. This is forcing them to cause a lot of confusion in Meru, for those who have decided that they will run for the position of county governor, for them to have space and a route via the deputy governor or showing that Meru does not work. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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