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    "speaker_name": "Capt. Nakitare",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Davis Wafula Nakitare",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I talked about these issues yesterday while contributing to the ACP-EU Report that was passed. In fact, these two reports should have been merged together, because they talk about the same issues. We have no palatability on the issue of the dissemination of parliamentary knowledge. We, as hon. Members of Parliament, attend so many conferences. We come up with reports and table them in this House. However, they end up in the archives. Probably, the Media has access to these documents. But of what benefit are they to us? We talk about international issues, for example, without talking about human resources. We are talking about exporting our human labour to other countries. This involves hon. Members of Parliament because it affects them. It calls for maturity. We have to mature when it comes to making laws and rules in this House. We are not going to look at issues the way butterflies fly in the air. They are blown towards the direction the wind is going. We are not going to be used as rubber stamps in this country. I take issue with most of the modalities that the parliamentarians use when they go out of the country. We do not do enough preparation at home. That is why I said charity begins at home. We get documents like the Report of the ACP-EU Assembly that was held in Barbados, for example. But who knows much about Barbados, except those people who have travelled internationally? We can talk about Jamaica also. Why can we not confine ourselves to the issues of public relations, as parliamentarians, and know what we are going to achieve when we go to those kinds of meetings? Before we discuss a Paper, we have to ensure that it is has relevance. What is the relevance of the ACP-EU partnership? When I look at this partnership, I think it is talking about borrowing power. Are we using this to gain borrowing power? Are going to be borrowing from the European Union (EU) all the time, or do we have something that we want to sell to them?"
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