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    "id": 362684,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Bunyasi",
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        "legal_name": "John Sakwa Bunyasi",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Motion. I agree on the grounds in which he has been praised but I am concerned about the nature of the praise because it may set a precedent that may hamper us as we go forward. For example, heads of institutions stand accountable for what goes on in their institutions even if they are not personally undertaking it. If we remove that principle, we will have a problem in future when heads of Ministries sit over rotten Ministries. So I am very concerned about that dismissive basis. The second basis is that I am really appalled at the work of the Ethics and Anti- Corruption Commission (EACC), nothing specific to this particular candidate but the general trend has now been that they either do not respond or they are completely wishy- washy. I think the worst thing to do to set precedent in this House is to be dismissive of what is coming out of the EACC entity because we will need them. If they are unable to perform, the House should come out clearly to sharpen them because it will be in our interest as we push this forward in the language the President himself used in this House. He is looking for double digit growth and elimination of corruption. If institutions are unable to do due diligence, we should say so. I support this Motion because clearly he has been a strong civil servant but I am very concerned with those two aspects that we are setting a precedent that will come back to haunt us."
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