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    "id": 191266,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/191266/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Khalwale",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I must emphasize the importance of this Motion. The import of this Motion is that when the Minister behaved in the manner he did, there was no lacuna in law. He was doing so when he was fully aware of the existence of the Public Procurement and Disposal Act. The purpose of this Act was to establish procedures for procurement and disposal of public entities so as to increase transparency and accountability in those procedures and increase public confidence in the process. I, therefore, beg all hon. Members to support this Motion and send the not so-honourable Amos Kimunya bagging, as the Ninth Parliament did, when they asked hon. Mwiraria to go due to the Anglo Leasing Scandal. If the hon. Minister for Finance has a very stiff and strong backbone with very able knees and refuse to budge, we remind him that, yes, so was hon. Dr. Murungaru. But when Parliament spoke, Dr. Murungaru curved in and left. I would request hon. Members that, we be guided by not our interests but the interest of the majority of the poor Kenyans; we be guided by the interest of a fragile economy that we are trying to build and guard; we be guided by the interest of posterity and the need for this House, the Cabinet and the two principals in this country; His Excellency the President and the Prime Minister, to practice zero-tolerance to corruption. This afternoon, Kenyans expect all of us to stand up and to be counted. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Motion has a serious element of urgency. The urgency of the resolution is the greater and noble need to contain a rogue Finance Minister who like a leopard has broken into the haven of goats and sheep and is currently mauling them indiscriminately--- 1586 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES July 2, 2008"
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