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    "id": 543018,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/543018/?format=api",
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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": "I would like to quote the words of a man greater than myself, Mahatma Gandhi, who once said: “Many people want to punish you for speaking the truth, being correct and being you”. Never apologize for being correct or for being years ahead of your time. If you are right and you know it, speak your mind even if you are a minority of one. The truth is still the truth. Hon. Deputy Speaker, it is my submission to this House that the information I submitted to the Powers and Privileges Committee; information that is now subject to an inquiry by the EACC is information that was shared in good faith. I believe it is information that should be allowed to guide the EACC to get to the root of this matter. I wish to tell Members that if this House wishes to assist the EACC in executing its constitutional mandate, then, we should not engage in any activities that will amount to interfering in the work of the EACC. Let it interrogate the information they have which includes what I have shared. To withdraw that information here will, in my opinion, compromise the investigations by the EACC. Therefore, I declare, for avoidance of doubt and without an iota of fear, that I shall not apologise for that particular information. I place myself at the pleasure of the Chairperson in terms of the attendant sanctions. I say that with full confidence that my respect for the rules and honour of this House is unimpeachable. However, my commitment to stand for the truth and to help the fight against corruption, not through political witch-hunts and Kangaroo processes, but rather through real processes, still stands. I submit and thank you."
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