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    "id": 1092091,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, remember this was a request for a statement. The issues you have raised are quite pertinent; they are coming because you wanted to be allowed to make some comments, express your anger, frustrations and commiserate with those who have lost their loved ones. That is all. As Members, you know how best to compel action. I want to encourage you - including Hon. Abdullswamad - that this can come through a Committee’s proposal for a Motion and the House is able to resolve the matter in a particular way. This includes having to call the CS for Health alongside the CS for Transport, Infrastructure, Housing, Urban Development and Public Works to appear before the Committee so that certain decisions can be taken. Then a report will be tabled here, debated and possibly adopted as a resolution which will give you the teeth to bite. I do not think it is fair for the House to express frustration all the time. Earlier on, when Hon. Chachu Ganya read the Statement about Compensation, the Member for Voi, Hon. Mlolwa, was just lamenting. For how long will we lament? We better think of ways of getting action and that can be through Motions. If you bring appropriate Motions, we will prioritise them and suspend other business so that we can debate those issues and resolve them in a particular way, to hold other people accountable. This is because statements are not sufficient. The answer is shallow and it ends with lamentations. I think as a House we should not be lamenting. Hon. Sabina, do not express frustration as the Chair."
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