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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ababu",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ababu Tawfiq Pius Namwamba",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Even as I congratulate my brother, hon. Wamunyinyi, for bringing this very important Bill, I am disappointed that the whole of the right hand side of the Speaker is empty. This is a House of debate. May it be recorded in the annals of history when the history of the Eleventh Parliament is written that on this morning of 30th day of April, the year of our Lord, 2014, only one side of the House engaged in the primary business of this House, which is legislation; the side ordinarily populated by Members of CORD is present. It is important that, that goes into the history books. This Bill is important; issues of psychology, psychotherapy and counseling are becoming more and more important especially as we continue to evolve as a society. Challenges like security--- I remember when in 1998 this country suffered its first serious case of terrorism it was a chaotic scene; I remember scenes of confused, injured and completely psychologically affected victims running helter skelter. It was a national crisis to mobilize sufficient counselors, psychologists and psychotherapists to deal with that crisis. The crisis is becoming even more common place. To have a proposal that provides a very clear legislative framework that will also provide an avenue for public financing of interventions in matters of this nature is absolutely good. In fact, those of us who sit in this House, those of us who serve this country as Members of Parliament will also require this expertise. When you are a Member of Parliament, you really are a jack of all trades. You are a marriage counselor and a psychologist; you receive all sorts of affected persons who seek jobs, persons who have marriage problems and persons who have all sorts of challenges. Therefore, as we debate this Bill, we should also find a way of considering how Members of Parliament can be beneficiaries of this expertise. Indeed, we are counselors, psychologists and psychotherapists in our own right. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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