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    "speaker_name": "Rarieda, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Let me, first, thank you for the wisdom of directing an enquiry through members of the relevant Committee. It is important to note that the concern to find out what happened is not born out of anything in our Standing Orders. It is a concern for a colleague. We must all be concerned when a colleague is in distress. Therefore, I find four very unique things about this matter. One, which is very positive on the part of the police, is the swiftness of the inquiry. I hope we can have such swiftness in all matters. Two, is the openness in terms of the updates of what happened. That is also a very good thing. The police are to be commended. There are also two very unique things that are to be discouraged. One is that we called on the police to do investigations but they were blocked from accessing our colleague, who is the only primary person who can give the most useful information. That is disabling the police, and then we might blame them. The second one is that something is developing where when one is admitted, people who are not medical practitioners give updates on their medical condition within the vicinity of the hospital. That usually does not happen in most hospitals. I think that is unique to this very able establishment, but it is not a good thing. You do not know if one is speaking authoritatively or not. That said, abduction is a very serious thing. Unlike my colleagues, I welcome the preliminary report by the police. As they have stated, it is a preliminary report. It is not a conclusive report. I expect that there will be a conclusive report. Once it is concluded, if indeed there were people who were involved in kidnapping our colleague, they must be prosecuted. But if indeed there were people who coined this up and it was not true, they too must be prosecuted. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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