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    "id": 507596,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ababu",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 108,
        "legal_name": "Ababu Tawfiq Pius Namwamba",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, the issue that the hon. Leader of Majority Party has raised is fundamental. It is a matter that touches on the integrity of this House and the integrity of the work of the committees of this House. Every work that the committees of this House prosecute or undertake is done for and on behalf of this House and under the Chair and the leadership of hon. Speaker. Indeed, it is true that the attention of this Committee was drawn to a newspaper report. It purported to release excerpts or extracts of information from one of the reports we have tabled for the year 2010/2011. The Committee, upon receiving that information, held a crisis meeting to discuss the matter. We discussed this matter at length where-upon we actually addressed the media. Among the issues we sought to know is exactly how a reporter - and that particular reporter, I dare say, has become notorious; notorious for sneaking around and appearing to divulge information and also writing reports intended deliberately to paint this House and hon. Members here in bad light. However, be that as it may, I want to confirm to this honourable House that, at the time that newspaper report was published, the reports that I have just tabled in this house were not completed. If that particular journalist accessed any part or excerpts of that Report, it was not from the Committee. I want to assure this House that the Committee upholds and takes the integrity of this House very seriously. We have undertaken our responsibilities with full decorum and fidelity to safeguard the integrity of this House. I want to assure this House that the three reports we have tabled for the Financial Years 2010/2011, 2011/2012 and 2012/2013 have been done within the purview of the Standing Orders of this House. However, as a Committee of this House working under the guidance of the Chair, we will stand guided by the Chair. Thank you."
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