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    "id": 1372993,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1372993/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I echo the sentiments of my colleague, Hon. Mwalimu Milemba. Hon. Speaker, Parliament is a House of debate. It has been given the task of budget- making. In the last Session, some Members had the tendency of rising under certain Standing Orders to curtail debate to the extent that many new Members of Parliament have not mastered the art, process and stages involved in budget-making. I urge you, Hon. Speaker, the Leader of the Majority Party, the leadership and Members of the Speaker’s Panel to do justice to the people of Kenya by allowing elaborate and adequate debate on all matters that come before this House. Hon. Speaker, the narrative about Parliament in the public domain is not very good. We have been forced to respond to snide and bad comments about Parliament on many occasions. It is now time to right the wrongs. We have an opportunity to do so. I urge the leadership of the Majority side to allow debate to flourish so that Kenyans can see and feel Parliament at work. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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