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    "id": 217640,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/217640/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Onyancha",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Gender, Sports, Culture and Social Services",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 126,
        "legal_name": "Charles Onyancha",
        "slug": "charles-onyancha"
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity. Let me start by saying I am supporting this Budget Speech. I want to congratulate the Minister for giving us a pro-poor Budget. Even when some people have tried to bring in the issue of politics in the Budget, I would like to assure him that it is not easy to do what he has done with the limited resources at his disposal. I also congratulate the Government, in general, for the way it has steered the economy to the growth rate of 6.1 per cent. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, one hon. Member stood here and said that he would like to see the Government injecting more resources in sports. That is really the way we should go. However, looking at what the Ministry of Gender, Sports, Culture and Social Services has been given, I would like to appeal to the Minister to reconsider this allocation because sport is really an important area for everybody. Therefore, we would like to see more funds given to this Ministry to be able to provide facilities and promote sports in the country. We should encourage our youths to participate in sport because they will make money out of it. We know there are still challenges in the sports Ministry. For example, football is not being run in the way it should be, but I think---"
}