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"content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, first, I want to take this opportunity to thank the hon. Members who, as I expected, are in agreement with this move to improve our laws to protect our people. It is incumbent upon this House to rise above the usual politics and do something, which is good for the country. Where we are politically, this is what is expected of us. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, from here we are going to move expeditiously to reproduce the Bill, which, we hope, will get support in the same manner as this Motion. This is a truly historic proposed Bill, because it will reverse the trend, as hon. Members have said, of exploitation of our people. It will reverse the trend and define who is a consumer of what, and what we expect from the suppliers of services or goods. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, one of the areas which our people do not think they have a right in is that of security. The security situation in this country at this time is not good. We need to have an Act which can enable us to complain when we think that somebody is compromising our security. Mr. Kioni has referred to the fragile nature of things, particularly in the IDP camps. Who guarantees the security of those people? This is also the case as far as food, shelter and general security are concerned. I have had occasion to listen to hon. Members on some of the things that are happening. This country needs to wake up to what is happening at the IDP camps. As consumers of security, we, as a country, need to do something. It is sad that there are people who have nowhere to go and complain. They also have no law to protect them. For that reason, we need the proposed law like yesterday; it will make us generally sensitive to our citizens. It will make us stop the culture of impunity, where, as has been said, nobody wants to follow the law. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Mr. Kioni talked about the media. I am a protagonist of the freedom of the Press. But I hate free Press. The other day, I was at the gym in Continental 774 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES April 30, 2008 House in the morning and the topic in one of the Frequency Modulation (FM) stations was whether women like men who shave or not. That is a popular radio station! Suppose you are with your daughter or child? Is that not profanity? Is that something that belongs in the public domain? Do we need to hear about who can shave what, where they shave it and who likes it on public radio? We must control some of these things. I felt very offended and I had nowhere to go. If you raise that issue, they will say that you are against the media. We want the media to be free, but we do not want to hear the kind of things we hear on the media. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if you sit in front of your television especially in the afternoon and just watch those Western channels, I can guarantee you that you cannot watch for two hours and fail to see a naked person."
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