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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Musyimi",
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    "content": "But I am happy to report that we found ourselves constrained to disagree with the Mover of the amendment and that is why I bring it here for the wisdom of this House to speak its mind on the matter. Hon. Speaker, I am sure you have noticed that in the variations that we are recommending to this House, we have favoured the oversight institutions of this country. We have given money to Parliament because as you know in normal jurisdictions across the world Parliament is a key oversight institution. The Judiciary is a key oversight institution. The Office of the Auditor-General is a key oversight institution. We have leaned in favour of oversight institutions in the money that we have given and that is not without reason. We say that because there is a huge problem of corruption. Corruption has now become part of our culture. For us to sit here and pretend that anybody is better than any other is probably suffering from the tyranny of self-righteousness. We have a societal problem now called corruption. We feel that as the Budget and Appropriations Committee we need to begin this journey by supporting oversight institutions. We also 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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