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    "id": 308947,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/308947/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Maj. Sugow",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Public Service",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Ahmed Sugow",
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    "content": " No, I am not. I served in an intelligence service in the past. Hon. Members, through the Chair; let us not be petty. Let us be serious. Let me explain what this means. I have been vetted before, but I never appeared before a panel of the organisation that vetted me. That is the kind of vetting being referred to in this case. It has nothing to do with appearing before a panel of officers to answer questions. Maybe, hon. Members have been confused by the interviews that were conducted in the recent past, in the process of filling up positions in various public institutions. Vetting by the security agencies does not include a pool interview, but it has to be there. Those who serve in the military and other public offices, including holders of State offices who can access critical information have to be vetted. Vetting does not include appearing before the particular agency. It includes provision of necessary information and intelligence on an individual, confidentially, to an agency seeking such information. Please, understand that this has nothing to do with what we witnessed, where persons who wanted to occupy public offices were required to appear before Parliamentary Committees to be interviews."
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