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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Serem",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Let me first thank the Mover of this Motion, hon. Keynan, for this wonderful piece of legislation. First, on the issues of titles, I will bring an amendment where we mention the former President, the former Prime Minister and the former Vice-President. It is not a crime to lose elections. To punish the former President and the former Prime Minister to come after the Member of Parliament, I think, is wrong. It should be immediately after the Deputy President. But we can have the former President and the former Prime Minister come after the Deputy President. It will bring order because people will feel so uncomfortable coming after a young man. Assume we have hon. Gatobu who is only 26 and the President coming after him. It does not augur well for this nation. The other issue that I feel we should look into is this: It does not make any sense that whenever we have a function, the title “His Excellency” is being mentioned. We were tired of a situation where we had the title of “ Mtukufu Rais ”, “ Aliyekuwa rais ” and the rest. So, if that will give us order and decorum whenever we have our functions, it would make a lot of sense. I hope all hon. Members in this House will support this Bill and bring their amendments so that all of us can appreciate this order when we are out there."
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