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    "id": 1062397,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nambale, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Sakwa Bunyasi",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Sakwa Bunyasi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to comment on both Petitions. The first Petition by Hon. Injendi Malulu on the lady who was shot on the balcony demonstrates the process of suing Government. It demonstrates one of the limited opportunities for an ordinary citizen to seek redress from the big uncle called government. I am rather disappointed because I did not know what Hon. Olago Aluoch has said that in fact executing financial redress on government is next to impossible. If that is the case, it really needs to be changed. There is also a fiscal aspect to it that the Office of the Attorney-General not only refuses to pay but also loses very many cases. Sometimes the funds are a multiple of what the original fines would have been. Therefore, the loss occasioned to the government is quite high. I think it is time there was a clear look, not only in the legal point of view but also from the fiscal point of view. When times are tight, pay the fines on time not four times the fine. That money could have been used on something else. A quick one on the second Petition, I think the House needs to come out clearly on these issues and I agree - as I sometimes do with Hon. Sankok - that fairness and justice is what needs to reign. That is not always the case; let us look at it one more time. On the issue of firearms, people should be entitled to this for self-defense. I do not know medical science, forget mental health science. I do not know if it is not an assessment at a point in time, unless you had a pre- existing condition. There are cases that occur down the road. Therefore, the issue of evaluation from time to time is actually very important. For the people who are known, it does not matter what their social status is, if they are somewhat unstable, including mentally unstable, they should not have firearms in their lives. If we do not do that right, we will get them by virtue of our position and shall misuse it by virtue of our positions in the case of parliamentarians. Thank you."
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