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    "id": 362583,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Angatia",
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        "legal_name": "Ayub Savula Angatia",
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    "content": "Thank you hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for allowing me to contribute to this important debate. I rise to support the report of this Committee on the following basis. First, Chapter 4 of the Constitution talks about equality and freedom from discrimination. Secondly, it talks about fair hearing. What we are subjecting the hon. Justice Kalpana Rawal with regard to her past experience is embarrassment. First, the lady justice has a proven record; she has been tested. She has chaired several commissions and it is not here responsibility to appoint herself. The individuals who appointed her looked at her record, experience and how she can perform. The issue of not mastering the strategic plan of the JSC is not her individual problem. A strategic plan is adopted by a team; it is not an individual thing; it is work of a team. You are not supposed to draw a strategic plan and implement it for yourself. You draw a strategic plan based on the reforms that are required in an institution. To achieve what you want you have to carry out the reforms as a team not as an individual. Let us not pin her down on the issue of the strategic plan. Another thing that the hon. Members talked about is gate keeping. We are not going to approve this report for her to be nominated to gate keep on behalf of the Government. Lawyers in this House will tell us that when there is a critical case, like the dispute over last general election, it is not presided over by an individual; it is a presided over by a bench. S, why can we not give her a fair hearing in this House. I support the Motion. Thank you."
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