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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, indeed, we have formed a habit of forming these commissions just to release the tensions that have arisen when faced with serious situations that have threatened to divide our nation. However, it is left at the pleasure of the President to decide whether the outcome or reports handed to him by the Commissions would be made public or not, yet the irony of the matter is that what has been inquired into has always been in the public interest or public in nature. It has been a matter to which public funds have been applied. Therefore, what Mr. Olago has proposed is overdue. It is a matter that will eventually bring accountability in these matters. It will also make the process more transparent. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, once commissioners are appointed, ultimately, they will be answerable, not just to the President but to the nation through this House. With the amendment to Section 7, it will then be required that after a report is handed over to the President, indeed, this House will also receive the report; it will be debated upon and we will have an output, eventually for which we will be accountable as a country for using public funds. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is for these reasons that I wish to strongly support this proposed Bill. With those few remarks, I beg to second."
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