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    "id": 45351,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/45351/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Nguyai",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Local Government",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 113,
        "legal_name": "Lewis Nganga Nguyai",
        "slug": "lewis-nguyai"
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, no stalls in Makadara were demolished without the due notice and approval being given. I can keep on repeating that and the HANSARD will also prove me right. The final clarification he sought was in conflict with the relevancy of the statement that I issued. He said sometimes, we do demolish, not only kiosks, but also in the case of one hon. Member, which I do not have the details, houses. On the question raised by the Member for Lari on what steps we are taking to ensure that we act humanely--- As I said, we are retraining our officers to ensure that they do act in customer care. We have a hot line in case anybody has been mishandled. All our officers are required to wear uniforms and badges, so that they can be easily identified. They are not allowed to demolish or to take action without full identification. There was the question raised by the Nominated Member who asked when we will act in a befitting manner and not like an enforcement unit. I think it is a factor of cultural change. It is something that we are working very hard on. I am sure that we will get the results that are desired the soonest. We have taken the necessary steps to ensure that, that cultural shift happens. The Member for Mosop wanted clarification on why we always traumatize the small business owners when we demolish their structures without issuing legal notices. Once again, I would want to say that if we have any such incidents where people have not been given the legal notice, please, bring them to our attention. We will take the necessary action against the chief officers or enforcing officers concerned because we want that culture to end completely. So, if you have such information, we will act on that. I would like to thank Mr. Chanzu for saying that obviously, this town was not planned sufficiently. We now have a master---"
}