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    "id": 335077,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/335077/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kabando wa Kabando",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 31,
        "legal_name": "Kabando wa Kabando",
        "slug": "kabando-kabando"
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    "content": "Financial disclosures, the source, utilization and allocation of money obtained internationally or locally are very important. At a time when we are very serious about national security given the complexities of roles that organizations play in our national leadership and in the political context, I support the clause that calls for financial disclosures on sources of funding. We know that nations have collapsed and can collapse where there is manipulation and perpetration by financial muscle which is not legitimate. Thirdly is the question of accountability. The disclosures should hedge on national reports, whether money is obtained from overseas or from donors who have not been disclosed. It is important that civil society organizations print like the publicly quoted companies where shareholders, no matter the worth of their shares in those companies, the financial disclosures, including the remuneration of the managers and directors of these public trusts is very important. Finally, it is the question of legitimacy, that in a certain area, the co-ordination of the civil society needs to be such that there is no duplication and even the mandate of the politically leaning NGOs is not to the extent that they can actually---"
}