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    "id": 306949,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/306949/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kimunya",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Transport",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 174,
        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to second this very important Bill. I want to start by saying that the National Security Intelligence Service is not a new body. It is already in existence and this Bill, contrary to what has been alleged, is basically to update the already existing Act, Act No.11 of 1998, that changed the service to what it is from the old Special Branch. This Bill is now to accord with the new Constitution. I know this is being looked at from the history of the service. It is one of the highly misunderstood services. Not very many people know what it does. Perhaps, due to the nature of its work, it should best be that way. For us in Parliament, I would just like to ask that we delink ourselves from the bad old days of the Special Branch and Nyayo House Torture Chambers, when the service was used politically and it earned itself a very bad name. We now need a service that can respond to the future security challenges of this country. We all do recognize that within our region we are in a very delicate situation. We have seen what has been happening in Somalia, the Sudan and within our waters. All that is interlinked with the"
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