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    "id": 19572,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Foreign Affairs",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the point that hon. Affey raised is also very important. There is this new obsession and mania in this country about degrees. When you are dealing with a body like this, you are looking for just and honest people. It is very good that the Chairman is a person qualified to be a judge of the High Court. I support that because it is a quasi judicial. I would urge the Minister that the Secretary of the Board should also be a lawyer. This is because he is going to engage in recording proceedings that maybe challenged at a higher level. Therefore, you need somebody who is qualified in quasi judicial proceedings who can keep a proper record. When you go for judicial review, you are not just going to complain that you are not treated fairly. You are going with a record and the record must have been properly kept if you are going to challenge them, because it is not a factual court any more. So, I would suggest that the Secretary to the Board should be a lawyer, not this cluster of criminology, administration and so on. We need somebody properly qualified to sit before the Board, record evidence and observe even the demeanour of witness who appear so that when there is a challenge, the court of record can be able to address these issues properly. I think that will help"
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