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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Midiwo",
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        "legal_name": "Washington Jakoyo Midiwo",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, I thought you were very clear in your explanation. The controversy that was raised by hon. Ali Wario in the last few days was that we seemed to be telling the court something. We were saying that the Government should not pay, against the wishes of the court, and we were very uncomfortable. My understanding of your explanation is that we are not telling the court what to do anymore. What we are saying is that, should NCPB win the case at the Court of Appeal, instead of this Report coming back to us, the people who have been paid some monies should pay it back to NCPB. To me, it is that simple. We are not asking the courts to make any particular judgement. You have also said that should the Court of Appeal uphold the ruling of the lower court, nothing will happen because it is none of our business since the courts are free to do what they do. To me, that is satisfactory. We are dealing with colossal sums of money. We are doing our duty as Parliament. We need to say that if somebody is found culpable, he must pay the public. That was my understanding, hon. Speaker."
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