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    "id": 194625,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/194625/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Maina",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 75,
        "legal_name": "Ephraim Mwangi Maina",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I want to state that the Government has defaulted on the project. I want to say that a former Permanent Secretary, who is now a sitting Member of Parliament, wrote a letter to the Ministry of Finance asking them to rectify the 938 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES May 8, 2008 irregularities in the way they were dealing with the contract. That letter to the Treasury was never answered. Mr. Speaker, Sir, there has been politics in this project. There has been politics regarding my company. I would like the new Minister not to get involved in the politics, but to stick to the facts as they are. Finally, I seek your protection, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I request you to make newspapers in this House to report matters correctly. The Daily Nation talked of Mr. Maina's company. I do not own a company. I may be a shareholder in many companies; the mentality that the African should remain poor forever should be condemned by this House. I am proud to hold shares and I wish more of us were holding shares in many companies. I wish we were owning Kenya rather than inviting foreign investors. Let the Daily Nation know that I hold shares in many companies, and there is no company known as Mr. Maina's company. They went further to say things that are not correct. They should refer to the HANSARD. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as a Member of this House, I seek your protection. You should protect even other hon. Members from the damage newspapers are inflicting on them. Finally, I wish the new Minister takes time and understands---- He may not understand contract law, but let him understand the ethics!"
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