{"id":367548,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/367548/?format=json","text_counter":216,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Hon. Speaker, Madam Josephta Mukobe is the only person with disability so far mentioned as nominated for the position of Principal Secretary. I am looking at the law relating to how we should deal with the issue of affirmative action in relation to persons with disabilities. We are required as a nation to reserve them at least five per cent of what we have in public and capital resources of the nation progressively. We should avoid a situation where institutions of governance like the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) may be used to block the way of people in getting opportunities to serve the country, particularly when those issues are not yet completely investigated and a conviction confirming that a person is corrupt is established."}