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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Abdalla",
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        "legal_name": "Amina Ali Abdalla",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, Sir, I am actually happy that you have mentioned the fact that you were wondering whether a Chair or a Member of a Committee of this House should be held responsible for the answers they read. We should start with the person asking that Statement and the phrasing of the question. We are just answering based on the questions as phrased by the Member. The Member has said that there has been encroachment in this game reserve. The first basis of knowing whether there is encroachment or not, you have to know how big this area is and where it is. What is the legal basis of that game reserve in term of LR numbers? I am one of those Chairs who disagree that Members ask questions even when it is a question that requires a “Yes” or a “No” answer then we call a Cabinet Secretary to discuss that answer. If the Ministry has given the legal status of that game reserve and I have gone to the next level and said that they are not aware but they are dispatching officers to go and check whether the encroachment really happened, is that not fine? It is the phrasing of the request rather than the form and length of the answer that we give. If you make it clear that there is a boundary dispute between us and Galole Constituency and you want us to deal with that, then that becomes a lands issue. The problem that Chairs encounter is the phrasing of questions and the appropriate places to take some of these answers. In fact, my Members were reluctant to deal with Question No.2. They said that, that is a boundary issue and it should be taken to the Departmental Committee on Lands and the other one to the IEBC. This is because of the phrasing of the question. Now that the hon. Member has made it an international terrorism and security issue, we can as well send it to the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security. However, if we say that the Leader of Majority Party should answer this question, he will have the same answers because of the phrasing of the question."
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