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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona",
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I wish to oppose the Report and in so doing I will try to be very brief. In this country we have very few people who are extremely passionate about anything. It is good coincidence that we are doing this today when it is the Universal Day for Children and tomorrow will be the World Fisheries Day. Mr. Mututho is very passionate about these two things. We have seen what Mututho laws have done. Every person in this House is affected directly by the issue of alcoholism. When this law came in the last Parliament, I remember sitting with at least two Members; one of them cried when we were talking about how everyone was affected very personally by alcoholism. We need more people in this country who believe very strongly in an issue that they can champion. The reason why I would want to oppose this Report is that in the last Parliament, we set extremely high standards for accountability in this country. In March this year, we lowered those standards. The Constitution talks about equality, the standard used on one must be equally used and applied on the other. If he has been charged, he should serve in the position that he is seeking until he is proven guilty because we lowered the standards. I am not in any way encouraging corrupt practices, neither am I saying my standards have changed, I am consistent. We lowered standards and I am going by them. The day the courts will find him guilty, we should not even wait for him to be hounded out - my good friend, Mr. Mututho--- 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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