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"content": "society. Those are the people who employed me. You go and tell them that you are discriminating against me - their elected representative - by giving vehicles to all State officers. You are giving vehicles to the President, Deputy President, Cabinet Secretaries, Principal Secretaries, District Officers, District Commissioners and everybody. You are giving vehicles to the Chief Justice and all judges. When you come to Parliament, which is the third arm of the Government as the Legislature, you give only the Speaker and then you say: Members of Parliament have to take loans to buy cars. What kind of discrimination is this even if you hate us? Who needs the car? I need it more than the Principal Secretary. He or she does not have to go to his rural home using a Government vehicle, but they use Government vehicles. They are fueled. They are given drivers and then you tell me that, for me to serve the great people of Suba - and I am just from there - I have to take a loan to buy my car. The reason why we were being given a grant was because the Government calculated and realised that if you give a Member of Parliament a vehicle and you maintain and fuel it, it is too expensive. It is not manageable. That is why an agreement was arrived at: Give them money to go and buy a car. Then they can fuel and maintain it themselves. Let me conclude. Hon. Members, let us accept one reality! We have to restore and reclaim the dignity of this House. This House is under siege and I tell you if we allow the President and the Deputy President to dictate to us what we should do, then we are lost as a House. If we allow the former Prime Minister - my party leader because I have heard him also talk about this matter - then we are also lost. I ask him to keep off. I respect him but on this one, I ask him to keep off and I want to tell the President: âPlease, keep off.â"
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