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    "id": 451458,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/451458/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. S.S. Ahmed",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ahmed Shakeel Shabbir Ahmed",
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    "content": "It was reported in the newspapers all over the world that the President gave the State of Nation Speech. I think it is the first one that we have ever had and that is not a bad start. We need to see how we can help instead of criticizing him. If we keep on criticizing a person, the fellow thinks that he is doing something wrong. So, when you criticize somebody too much, he or she thinks that you are engaging in a spat The problem in this country is poverty, corruption and lack of certain facilities. Poverty and corruption will not be handled overnight. Food security will also not be solved overnight. The issue of whether it is one million acres or 10,000 acres is word of perception. It was a political statement if they said one million acres. At least, we have got 10,000 acres. Let us now make it 50,000 acres next year and 150,000 the year after and 500,000 acres the year after so that we come up to the one million acres. I think that is the way we should start. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we have poverty in this country. What do we do? We roll our windows when we see the poor or street boys. That is wrong. It was a very good start with the Cabinet. We had the Cabinet from all over the country. We had young men and women. However, I was disappointed when I saw one or two political appointees. One political appointee has let the country down and we must look at that. Devolution is an evolutionary process. We cannot throw the baby immediately and expect devolution. It is evolution. If you do not have devolution, you will have a revolution. I think we need to take time on the devolution process. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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