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    "id": 215601,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/215601/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Shitanda",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Housing",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Peter Soita Shitanda",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this Motion. I would like to join my colleagues in supporting this very important Motion. I would like to thank the mover of this Motion, Mr. Weya, for having brought it before the House. I also wish to thank the Ministry of Information and Communications for the assurance that this particular Bill will be tabled in this House before the end of this session. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as we talk about creation of ICT centres in the rural areas and creation of the fund on ICT, we must also take cognisance of the fact that in as much as we would like to have digital villages out there, maybe, the starting point should be Parliament. I am saying so because more than 50 per cent of Parliamentarians are not computer literate. In fact, most of them have computers in their offices which are not being utilised. Maybe as a first step in demonstrating that we are serious about creation of digital villages, we should donate those computers to schools in our respective constituencies so that---"
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