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    "id": 281566,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/281566/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Eng. M.M. Mahamud",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Energy",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 373,
        "legal_name": "Mohammed Maalim Mahamud",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. I also wish to add my voice in supporting this Motion. The fact is that these two Motions must be enacted if we have to have our Constitution implemented. There is no way we will have devolved governments without The County Governments Bill. There is also no way we will have money and the functionality of our Government without having The Public Finance Management Bill. First of all, the important thing is to agree that we need to extend time so that we enact these Bills. If we do not extend time, it means no enactment and it will mean that there will be no devolved governments and there will be no money for the Government to function. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I think sometime we, on the side of the Government, are to blame for all these things. You will realise that we enacted The County Governments Bill the last day. We waited until time lapsed. So, we are coming back here for time extension. I think in future we must be very careful as a Government to bring Bills to Parliament in time because all the time we are getting Bills that are coming towards the deadline. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I think we are asking for five months and, as somebody mentioned, already two months have lapsed. In these three months we must be able to enact these two Bills. All the other Bills which have timelines must be enacted. We must learn a lesson from this that every time we should not come back to this House to request for extension of enactment time for Bills, otherwise, we will not be serious. I think those of us in the Government who are responsible for drafting Bills and bringing them to the House must do so, so that we do not do things at the last minute. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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