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    "id": 936566,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/936566/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Halake",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Abshiro Soka Halake",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. This was a mistake, but thank you for the opportunity. I support the Motion and I want to comment on open governance. Open governance plays well with our public participation, citizen engagement as well as accountability to our citizens. This is something that we need to participate in robustly. The team that attended the summit should perhaps come up with key issues around transparency, participation and accessibility. I am the Vice Chairperson of the Committee on Information and Communication Technology (ICT), and I could not help but agree with the Mover and the Seconder, that this will make a good source of legislative initiative for our House with regard to open data policy and legislation and the open data guideline. It will also help us come up with appropriate laws for transparency. We should also think of legislation around social media, which will help us collaborate with the public. We should also legislate around accessibility for open standards policy, intellectual property and related legislation. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, our Parliament should continue engaging with open governance, because it gives us a lot of ideas and opportunities. It also helps in our accountability mechanism when it comes to our counties. I beg to support."
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