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    "id": 40024,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/40024/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Raila",
    "speaker_title": "The Prime Minister",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Raila Amolo Odinga",
        "slug": "raila-odinga"
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member for Makadara is in one of those moods that he, sometimes, gets involved in. However, I think it is just a jest. Hon. Mbadi wanted to know why the Government has taken long to act. The wheels of justice, sometimes, grind slowly but, eventually, get there. The Report, yes, was ready last year in November, but it was only released the day before yesterday. I would like the hon. Member to know that we had discussions with our development partners, particularly with the Vice-President of the World Bank, the day before yesterday, and agreed that this Report should be made public. I hold the view that we will only be able to develop this country, if we can plug the loopholes; if we can block those areas that allow for leakage of public funds. Pilferages are still very many in our system. That is because of where we are coming from. We all know where we are coming from. We have been trying to carry out reforms to make a number of changes. Also, as Members of Parliament, we must play our role. If somebody commits a crime, or has embezzled public funds, and that person is dealt with in accordance with the law, those efforts should not be trivialised by saying that that fellow is being finished because he comes from this community or that community. We should not defend impunity on the basis of ethnicity. That makes the work of the Government very difficult."
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