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    "id": 659985,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/659985/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, the late Hon. Shitanda was born on 9th November 1958 in Malava Constituency, Kakamega County. He attended Malava Boys High School before joining the Kenya Polytechnic, where he trained as an accountant. In 1979, he joined the Civil Service as an accounts trainee at the National Treasury, where he rose through the ranks to become Accountant I. The late Hon. Shitanda joined politics in 1997. He was elected the Member of Parliament for Malava Constituency, which he represented in the 8th, 9th and 10th Parliaments successively. Before his appointment to the Cabinet, he was a good debater and an astute Member of various House Committees, among them the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. He was a charismatic Chair of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade. 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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