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    "id": 191360,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mungatana",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Medical Services",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 185,
        "legal_name": "Danson Buya Mungatana",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was saying that we need to set up rules that will serve us now, in the next Parliament and those that will follow. We need to say that if this House is the mother of the Cabinet, it needs to set up rules for the discipline of the children it gives birth to. 1600 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES July 2, 2008 I want to plead with hon. Members that this time when we are going to make new rules in the Standing Orders, we should be very clear on what sanctions we are going to apply to the Government that is going to be extracted from amongst us. For example, if people do not answer Questions in this House, if people do not attend Parliamentary sessions, if people set functions of the Government during the time this House is sitting, then they must suffer sanctions. We have to respect this House. In the same vein, there should be very clear rules. If you are a Member of this House and you are appointed to hold a position in the Cabinet and you know you are corrupt, you even know that your priest cannot sit with you, you know in your heart that you have a case or cases pending in court and which are stinking on your face, you should not accept responsibility in the Government. That goes for all of us. If you want to go down right clean, even those Ministers who know they have corruption cases on their necks, not just this one who is being discussed today, can you all resign?"
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