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    "id": 223701,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/223701/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Raila",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 195,
        "legal_name": "Raila Amolo Odinga",
        "slug": "raila-odinga"
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    "content": "We have had several projects abandoned in the past when they were nearing completion in the past. The Molasses Plant in Kisumu is one of them. The project was abandoned when it was 90 per cent complete. We moved in and salvaged it, and it is now working. It is, therefore, a fact that this vessel can be completed. It has also been established that there is need for it. So, the sooner that the Government does this, the better. What we need to do is carry out negotiations, rather than go through litigation. The Government stands to lose a lot of money if we allow this matter to be solved through litigation; hence the need to move with speed and meet the obligation, so that the whole transaction can be completed and the vessel delivered to the country. I would like to conclude by saying that the Government needs to display more professionalism in handling these matters. Right from the beginning, I considered it a big insult to appoint a whole Major-General - Maj-Gen. Nkaisserry - as an Assistant Minister. So, the Major- General did the right thing to reject that appointment. He considered it a big insult, but did not cast aspersions on the Minister himself. If ODM(K) comes to power, the Major-General will be the Minister for Defence, and not an Assistant Minister. Thank you very much."
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