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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Midiwo",
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        "legal_name": "Washington Jakoyo Midiwo",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to take this opportunity to thank you for issuing directions over this issue of the report of the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I only wanted to say or ask that, when we do these reports, some of the issues that bring controversies in this House, or which lead us to ask you for directions, could be avoided at the clerical level or Committee level. I feel that much of the time we ask you to rule on issues which we could avoid in the main Chamber. In saying so, in this particular matter, if you read the report, it purports to have interviewed people on their suitability for this job, as opposed to getting facts as enumerated by you, which is normal to our processes in legislation. It purports to say that the people who were brought before this House for vetting and approval or otherwise by the House were probably not the best but somebody else, who the President or Executive did not forward here was the best. That was the question which was canvassed in this House. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to implore you to guide Members of Parliament and the staff of Parliament. That is because the law is the law. When we are asked to vet and we go and try to import people and not to get facts--- But to prove their suitability against the people that we were given, it is my opinion that mischief is involved. I want to thank you for clarifying that. The people we shall be approving or disapproving are the six who were sent here to be vetted, away from the ones that the Committee tried to say were better suited. That was the controversy. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to urge you to guide hon. Members and guide the secretariat of this Parliament. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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