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    "content": "Thank you very much Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the report. A lot has been said. I will not say much, I would just like to add my voice to what has always been said that the Advisory Board went through these three candidates, they looked at their qualifications and they looked at all the criteria that had been put forth for these applications and found them fit to hold these positions. If we are being true to ourselves, if we are being honest, and if we are being real MPs, I believe that we should pass these names as presented because due process was followed and the candidates were found fit. We have heard arguments given that Prof. Patrick Lumumba is a quasi-politician but I am sure there have been many who have either stood for positions or are aspiring for those positions but that we cannot disqualify then on the account that at one time or another, he wanted to be a politician. I think it does not hold water and we must give him the opportunity to exercise what everybody knows about Prof. Lumumba. We all know him, it is in the public domain, the work that he has done in terms of anti-corruption and we do not want to deny him the opportunity to serve this nation. Again, other arguments have been given about Mr. Bowry his professional qualification and representation of the clients that he has represented. We want to say the fact that he has in the past represented people who are supposed to be criminals again does not make him a criminal himself. Those clients are entitled to their human rights. Where do you draw the line between his professional qualification and qualification for the job that we are asking him to do? Do these three candidates qualify for the positions they have asked for? The answer is a big yes. I really want to say we do not want to create other qualifications which were not apparent in whatever was asked for so that we may be able to disqualify them on that account. So, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to say that if these three men were found to be people of integrity, give them the opportunity to serve this country. Thank you."
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