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    "id": 719874,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/719874/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Katoo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 199,
        "legal_name": "Judah Katoo Ole-Metito",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. There is a recommendation that there is need for flexibility in responding to emergencies and other temporary needs. During times such as this when we have drought, we should bypass these long bureaucracies when procuring services of an emergency nature. Otherwise, it defeats the sole purpose of being an emergency. There is need for us to re-look our procurement laws so that anything that will be of emergency is handled fast enough without officers violating or abusing the law. All the Government needs to do is to seek approval from this House. Once we approve, we bypass the long bureaucracy. An example is when we are supposed to give relief food to people and yet we are required at the same time to take, say, three months doing procurement. That cannot be said to be an emergency. I appreciate the fact that almost every sector has got an increment in the 2017/2018 Financial Year. I beg to support."
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