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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve",
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        "legal_name": "Getrude Musuruve Inimah",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker Temporary Sir, thank you for giving me an opportunity to comment on the report from JLAC. This Committee has done a commendable job under the Chairmanship of Sen. Omogeni who he has been keen on legal issues that come on the floor of this House. He has also followed them to the very end. Legal issues are key in everyone’s life. At times people are treated unfairly at their places of work. Justice denied is justice delayed. Therefore, the Committee will be handy in ensuring that justice is done without delay. I have just realized that there are some issues that have come to the Floor of this House that fall between the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare and the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights. When a Statement is made on the Floor of this House and it lies between these two committees, we should have joint sittings, so that we ensure that justice is not perverted. I want to give an example of a case. We had a matter that was raised by Matendechere, who was supposed to be compensated for unlawful dismissal. The Petition went to the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare, but it was not given the treatment it deserved. Matendechere kept on writing letters and sending Short Message Services (SMSs) that his case was not handled properly. If a case like that one of Matendechere had been handled by two committees, that is the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare and the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights, which is chaired by Sen. Omogeni, I am certain that the two committees would have ensured that justice is done. I want to commend the committee chaired by Sen. Omogeni for the Statements and Bills that they executed. There are also many other issues that came on the Floor of this House and they worked on them. A good example is the petition on police harassment and the committee worked on it with speed. I hope that the next Parliament will ensure that it picks from where Sen. Omogeni would have left because he has set the pace. I hope that the pace he has set will be maintained by the other Senators who will come and that they will follow suit. Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity. I support."
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