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    "id": 208188,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/208188/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Wekesa",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Science and Technology",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 137,
        "legal_name": "Alfred B. Wekesa Sambu",
        "slug": "alfred-sambu"
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we all know that we have a General Election this year. This is going to give us time to check on our progress in our respective constituencies. We have built many projects through the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF). We want to make sure that these projects are complete before our enemies start using them as a way of getting to Parliament. There is also need for us to get together with our supporters to organise how we can get to the next year being sure that we will be re- elected. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to talk about security. The issue of Mt. Elgon is very worrying. I want to be on record for having appealed for intervention by us in Government with 3260 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES August 16, 2007 regard to this Mt. Elgon saga. We have lost many people in Mt. Elgon. I think over 100 Kenyans have died in Mt. Elgon, including about 20 or 30 people in Trans Nzoia District. What happens in Mt. Elgon, spills over to Trans Nzoia District because members of the various communities which live in Mt. Elgon also live in Trans Nzoia District. So, in the process of accommodating those who are running away, we---"
}