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"speaker_name": "Maj-Gen. Nkaisserry",
"speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Defence",
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"content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand to oppose the Motion as amended. I have the following reasons:- We have to stop looking at issues using the legal precincts. The armed forces and the Police Force have their own regulations. It is just like this House with its own Standing Orders. It is not discriminatory that the Military, the Police or the Administration Police recruit officers based on height. They use certain criteria. For example, if you recruit a mbilikimo because he is physically and mentally fit and you give him a machine gun, which is longer than him, how can he carry it to defend the country? Assuming that you want to give him the job of a driver of a big truck, how can he reach the gears and the clutch when he is a 4 feet fellow who cannot get to the basic instruments? There is something---"
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