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    "id": 89510,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/89510/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mudavadi",
    "speaker_title": "The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Government",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I beg to reply. However, from the very outset, let me thank hon. Members for their contributions. I want to assure them that we will extract the HANSARD of all their contributions so that we can go over them with a toothcomb with the Ministry officials and tackle some of the issues that I will not be able to answer within this short time. The first thing I will do is to address the issue of the Economic Stimulus Programme with regard to markets. This is a programme that has not taken off very smoothly. We are trying as much as possible to take it up and improve it. If Members can recollect, the first time this programme, under the ESP came up, it was under the Treasury. It did not come directly to the Ministry of Local Government for implementation. In February this year, that is when the Ministry of Finance and CDF Committees were sending documents for ESP Programmes and what they had done at the grassroots level to the Ministry for both validation and awarding. So far, our record at the Ministry shows that 143 projects are ongoing and 43 have been awarded. That totals to 186. A number of 24 projects have been deferred for re-advertisements. That will bring the total to 210 constituencies. For purposes of informing this House on the actual status in each constituency, I will lay on the Table a document on ESP so that hon. Members can take note of the specific constituencies and where we stand."
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