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    "id": 73272,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/73272/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mudavadi",
    "speaker_title": "The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Government",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 84,
        "legal_name": "Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi",
        "slug": "musalia-mudavadi"
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to make a Statement in response to a request made by Dr. Bonny Khalwale on Tuesday 30th November, regarding the Ministry of Local Government. Mr. Speaker, Sir, first of all, I wish to inform the House that no authority was granted by me to facilitate councilors to attend a private meeting in Gatundu South Constituency on 21st and 23rd November, 2010. In addition, I would like to state as follows that no council has requested for my authority to use public funds to attend the meeting referred to by the hon. Member. Secondly, councilors are not facilitated to attend any meetings within their areas of jurisdiction and in this particular case, I am referring to Thika. Thirdly, the Ministry has not rolled out a programme to deliberate on the Constitution in any region of the country. Fourth, I wish to state that I am not aware as of now, of any public money which has been used to pay bills at the Blue Post Hotel in Thika; two, to pay councilors allowances for the same meeting from 21st to 23rd November or to meet the"
}