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    "id": 137894,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/137894/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ojaamong",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Labour",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Sospeter Odeke Ojaamongson",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to raise a few issues regarding the Ministry of Water and Irrigation. As much as this Ministry is very important, the cry down there is that people want water. Because we have the Ministry officials here, I would like to say that there are two water projects in my constituency. One is the Malaba/Malakisi Water Project. This project was initiated when I was in Class Three. Could the Minister tell me what this project is about? Could she also tell me the people who are benefiting from this project where millions of shillings have been pumped into? I am saying that there is immense corruption in the Ministry of Water and Irrigation to the extent that the local populace cannot understand how projects are being implemented or how the money is being utilised. The public is very annoyed because for over 30 years they have not benefited from this project. The former Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs, Mr. Moody Awori, other delegates from East Africa and I went to launch this project at Kolanya in Teso District. Not even a drop of water or pipe has reached the school where we launched the project. This is the case and yet we went there with heavy machinery. It is very shameful for a useful Ministry like this to just give lip-service to the people."
}