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    "id": 603240,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/603240/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Maanzo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2197,
        "legal_name": "Daniel Kitonga Maanzo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. What happens where the Accounting Officer, after verification and budget, still does not want to pay? Ordinarily, the law has a mechanism where you can move contempt proceedings against such an officer and they can be locked up and the rest of the consequences in law may follow that particular officer for disobedience of the court. Ordinarily, the practise is this: By the time you move proceedings for contempt after all the processes have been done, most officers will pay. Therefore, this goes against the famous thinking that the Government never pays debts. Government can actually pay debts because there is a mechanism. This is a very good law. I support it and I urge Members of Parliament to support it so that we can protect the property in the counties. That is because devolution now is a reality under the new Constitution. I thank you for giving me this opportunity."
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