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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Anami",
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        "legal_name": "Lisamula Silverse Anami",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. I am really happy to contribute to this Motion, and especially to listen to what my colleagues have had to say, as a way of going forward after we partner with one another. Let me take this opportunity to appreciate many of my colleagues at personal level for supporting me when I went through a petition. I know many of us have gone through the same. But the support we gave to one another sustained us. I want to thank all those who said prayers for, and those who accompanied me to the High Court, Court of Appeal or the Supreme Court; that was very helpful. We have seen colleagues go and come back. This back and forth was not very helpful. I also just want to point at one thing which, as legislators, we need to look at. There are lacunas and overlaps in legislation that leaves us a half or one-and-half years looking for justice. I want to thank specifically my brother, hon. Otaalo who was present at all the appearances I made in court. Of course, hon. Ottichilo was always there for me and he told me, “You will be okay.” Brother hon. (Eng.) Gumbo and specifically hon. Shaban and hon. Mwashetani gave me a lot of encouragement. Having said that, we will be going on recess and this recess can translate into excess of other aspects in life. This is the opportunity for us to go back to our constituents, do fellowship with them, interact with them and share their experiences because we represent them here in this Parliament. This is an opportunity for us to go to oversee the implementation of a lot of legislation that we have passed here. I want, as a grandfather, to really take this opportunity to urge colleagues to focus specifically on vulnerable communities. We have vulnerable people in our communities, who need our attention; if we are able to share in their plight, we will be able to represent them effectively. Hon. Speaker, we have the elderly people above the age of 65 years, who have never earned a salary throughout their lives, and have been excluded from the stipend that is being given to such old people. It is important that as the Constitution provides, we include everyone. When we are giving stipends to elderly people we should not leave out some. Let us embrace everyone in that age bracket and find a way of sharing whatever resources there are among these people."
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