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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mbau",
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        "legal_name": "Elias Peter Mbau",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, first, I want to express my gratitude and appreciation and thank the hon. Member of Parliament for Butula; Prof. Christine Mango, for bringing to this House this very important Motion. The Motion focuses on the bottom of our population. When I say \"the bottom\", I mean the very under-privileged of our population in terms 3358 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES August 22, 2007 of welfare, support and ability. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on seconding this Motion, I wish to add a few things on what the professor has said. Indeed, in early 2003, hon. Members of this House constituted themselves into a sub-committee with a view to getting this House to recognise the creation of a novice departmental committee. The Chair, Hon. Speaker, officially launched it with a view to eventually bring in that agenda to the House. It was intended to have a substantive committee of the House that addresses the issues of orphans and vulnerable children. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, however, three years down the line, we still have issues about neglect and desperate children dotted in every constituency. The numbers continue to rise everyday. It is a high time that this House resoundingly agreed to support this Motion. I urge the Minister in charge to take this opportunity, so that we come up with this Bill. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have a national body called National Aids Control Council (NACC). This is supposed to mobilise resources and funding for committees based in the constituencies. The NACC does not appear to be doing its part. Many Questions have been asked in this House seeking to know how many of such children are there and the funding received. I am sorry to note that it appears that this national body that was supposed to mobilise and fund these committees does not do its job to the expectations of hon. Members and the public. If we can pass this Motion, it will go a long way in ensuring our children stop suffering, being misused, marginalised and abused. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I call upon the Minister to very kindly agree to support this very noble Motion. With those few remarks, I beg to second."
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