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    "id": 879283,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/879283/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Buuri, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mugambi Rindikiri",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mugambi Murwithania Rindikiri",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I stand to accept the report from the Budget and Appropriations Committee. Just like everybody else has stated, we have serious issues and we cannot deny and we should not live in the world of denial anymore. I agree with the observations of the chairman that there is no policy framework specifically guiding the Big Four Agenda. That is a very serious matter. We know the passion of the President, but what do we do? Everything requires money. If I were the President, I would have put it slightly different: that for food security we need water, fertiliser, trained agricultural extension officers and small value-adding factories. If there is no water and fertiliser, what are we going to do? There is a trend in the country of importing foodstuffs. We are being told that the country imports eggs. We have started importing fish and even vegetables from across the borders. The list goes on and on. On one side we are proud of what is happening but on the other side we know for a fact it might not happen. There is no policy guideline on housing. That is a fact. We know it has to be done, but we need money. We are being told workers will contribute a certain amount of money, but the Government has not put a system in place that will manage the housing funds from employers and employees. When it comes to the health sector, we ask ourselves which activities we are focusing on. It is not defined."
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