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    "id": 153074,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kabando wa Kabando",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports",
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        "legal_name": "Kabando wa Kabando",
        "slug": "kabando-kabando"
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    "content": " Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I did not say that. I said that we would be stalling our consciousness. Hon. Mututho is not “we” but he is “he”. We need to readdress the issue of resolution. I hope I will be added three minutes to cover for the interruptions. We need to have resolution of all water towers occupation. If we do not have arable land that is occupied positively and productively, it will be worthless. It is important for us, as political leaders in this country, to take the bold step and refuse to be covered in ethnic spheres when we are talking about water tower catchment areas. Pursuant to the implementation of this Motion, the settlements that will be done, will be helpful. We need a declaration of all land allocated to squatter programmes since 1963. I want to quote the Bible, Proverbs, 28:13. It says: “He who conceals transgressions will not prosper. He who reveals transgressions will have compassion”. It is important for us to uncover what has happened in the past. Some money was allocated by the British Government for the purpose of settling squatters, those people who were evicted while seeking self-governance in this country. That money has been contentious. In the nearly half a century of self-rule, there have been questions about the beneficiaries of squatter settlement programmes, public land allocation and other schemes that may not have benefited the people who deserved them."
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