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"speaker_name": "Mr. Mungatana",
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"content": " Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, may I take this opportunity to thank you for giving me this chance to also air my views on this Motion. I want to state from the outset that I support this Motion, and supported it in the last Parliament. I want to take this opportunity to congratulate Mr. Mbau for bringing this Motion back to this House. I argue that there is merit in bringing back some of the hon. Members, because they have the institutional memory that helps this House to move forward, instead of repeating itself. Those of us who remember, a similar Motion was brought here by Mr. Oloo-Aringo. In fact, there was a First Reading - this House passed a similar Motion in the last Parliament. There was a First Reading of the resultant Bill on 20th April, 2006. The Bill was then moved by the same former hon. Member on 26th July, 2006. After that, a lot of things started happening that made sure that this Bill was frustrated to make sure that it did not go through and also make sure that the Treasury continued to do things in darkness. I am happy that this Motion has been brought back to this House. I am taking this opportunity to, again, tell the House that as few as we are, this is where our power is. If we do not watch out, again, as the hon. Member has said, there is another plan to take it over. Then we will be frustrated again, and you will never know how much money is going to your constituency, district or region. You will be ambushed and pass things that you do not know because you never participated in what happened before."
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