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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Midiwo",
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        "legal_name": "Washington Jakoyo Midiwo",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, so that nobody thinks that the Committee is doing something un-procedural, there is need to clarify to the House and to the nation that the offence that the Cabinet Secretary is being accused of touches on constitutionality. Therefore, it goes without saying that this matter should get precedence over any other debate in this House. The land issue is the cause of 98 per cent of the problems in this country. Some of us are of the opinion that nobody should be above the National Land Commission (NLC). The NLC should have been left alone to handle land matters. You being a lawyer, what I am saying may eventually make sense. Hon. Speaker, I appreciate the suggestion by the Leader of Majority Party that we deal with this matter next Tuesday. Since the matter was raised a long time ago, I was of the opinion that it should have been dealt with in less than a week’s time from the day it was raised. Now that we are here, everything should be suspended, so that we can move the Motion, through your order, and discuss this matter. As we speak, some unauthorized people have signed titles. It is not the name of the Cabinet Secretary that will be talked about badly; it is the name of the country and the President, the Cabinet Secretary’s appointing authority. We also need to be magnanimous sometimes; to protect and help the President to manage this country well. We have to do this many times even though we are in the Opposition. Therefore, we want to request that you provide us with the way forward since this is a matter touching on the sovereignty of this State. I want to request you to guide us by way of the provisions of the Standing Orders that would stop us from debating this matter today, so that we deal with it right away. Why do we have somebody committing a crime still being an office holder?"
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