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    "id": 742848,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/742848/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Bunyasi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2511,
        "legal_name": "John Sakwa Bunyasi",
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    "content": "attempting to understand what goes on in the world of parastatals and without which State corporations would become rogue. Despite the Auditor-Generals’ annual reports and the Committee’s consolidated reports every couple of years, it looks like the issues continue unabated. That should be a cause for worry because the parastatal sector, in many ways, is important to the nation. Parastatals engage in strategic business that would easily turn into a major risk if left to be handled by private hands. Parastatal services are very important indeed. They include postal services, maritime services and so on. It bothers me that parastatals are grappling with basic things such as remitting statutory deductions meant for the NHIF and the NSSF. This is bound to affect employees in the event they fall ill and we know people get ill during their lifetime. I know of people who have had a lot of hardships after they fell ill. For them to get the NHIF card was a tall order. It was discovered that their money had never been remitted. Parastatals still hold on to the funds. I would expect the punishment for such an offence to be much more severe than it is now. Non-remittance of money deducted from employees to the statutory bodies should be punished severely. There are many cases of people retiring only for them to realise that their contributions do not necessarily match the employers’ contributions."
}