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    "id": 511383,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ababu",
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        "legal_name": "Ababu Tawfiq Pius Namwamba",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. This has been a very momentous Session that we are bringing to a close. A lot of momentous things have happened during this Session. I want to use this opportunity to congratulate his Excellency the President for getting the shackles of ICC off his mind. I also wish the Deputy President well as he continues to face this challenge. But I also want to challenge this House than when we return, may we consider how we can deal with the issue of delivering justice to the victims of the post-election pogroms; whether it is through a local tribunal or any other process that can be initiated by this House. I am also happy that during this Session that is closing, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) was able to clear a backlog of accounts going back over three years and I am challenging the Auditor-General, now that PAC is waiting for him to deliver the accounts of financial year 2013/2014. I am sad even as we close that we have ended on a very sad note. There is a reason why today I came to this House Chamber dressed as a man going to a funeral or a requiem mass basically because I am mourning the Constitution. The action we took today to pass the security law truly is an affront to the Constitution and unless we make considerable drastic changes to that law, we will certainly have started the journey of emasculating and destroying our new proud 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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