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    "id": 603500,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/603500/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Abdi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Yusuf Hassan Abdi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Access to Information Bill. I congratulate and thank Hon. Priscilla Nyokabi for moving this important Bill. This Bill is timely and progressive. It will contribute to the realisation of several Articles in our Constitution, and in particular Article 35. As they say, information is knowledge and power. This Bill will bring us one step closer to empowering the ordinary mwananchi by accessing critical information on their social, economic and political lives. It will also give them power to know what the bureaucrats are doing on their behalf, and to provide correct information to various public offices. This Bill works in several ways to empower the ordinary wananchi to get the information that he or she needs. I also think that this Bill will contribute to the overall governance of our country. Much of the information that is collected is stored in secrecy or protection of certain interests and objectives which may not be necessarily good for our democratic processes."
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