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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Onyura",
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        "legal_name": "Michael Aringo Onyura",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for allowing me to make a few comments in this interesting discussion. I want to commend the President for observing the rule of law. If there is nothing else, at least he came out to show that he believes in the rule of law. Despite the fact that he is the Head of this State, he submitted himself to the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court. That was a good and commendable thing he did by obeying the summons of ICC. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, in my view, it was a good decision to come and make that announcement in the National Assembly. This was the most appropriate place. We should encourage listening to, and accommodating each other. In matters like this, we should be taking the position that, “I am not agreeing with you, but I will defend with my life your right to say it”. I think it was a good thing for us to listen to each other. We may not necessarily agree with everything that has been said, but I think that was good and commendable; it was something that was worth emulating. In the same breath, I really feel that everybody has been taken to the ICC; the President, the Deputy President and Mr. Sang should be given a fair chance to be heard according to the rules of that court. Equally, those who are called upon to facilitate; like the Government, should co-operate fully on this matter. 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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