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    "id": 313377,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/313377/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Letimalo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 68,
        "legal_name": "Raphael Lakalei Letimalo",
        "slug": "raphael-letimalo"
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 37 of the Bill be amended by inserting the following new paragraphs immediately after paragraph (b), “(c) the operation of the Defence Forces, defending military personnel and their mission within the gazetted areas”. (d) the compensation of local communities in the event of accident in areas, where the military is deployed or the operation of military personnel outside the gazetted areas. So, the justification of this amendment is that military exercises should be conducted within the gazetted areas. But in the even that they want to use community land, they should negotiate with the community and get the consent unlike what is happening now. They are just using land to do their military training without the consent of the community. That is what we were discussing with the Minister the other time. Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, part (d) of the amendment is backing what hon. Konchella suggested. When they conduct the military exercises, they must clear that area of ammunitions and other gadgets. They leave a lot of unexploded ammunition in that area. When residents are grazing their livestock, they come across strange ordinance which explode and injure them. We have had so many cases of people who have been killed. The Government does not pay their medical bills. It is less concerned with the plight of our people. So, we want them to compensate those people."
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