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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Pukose",
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        "legal_name": "Robert Pukose",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for allowing me to debate this Bill. From the outset, I support The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (Amendment) Bill. When the Report on the removal of the commissioners was tabled in this House, one of the issues that came up was that the secretariat was going to send a report on the ownership of Integrity Centre. This report has not been tabled in this House to date and we do not know whether the Committee has received it. We also do not know the current status of Integrity Centre. The current secretariat has been there since the tenure of Ringera, the tenure of Lumumba, and that of Mumo Matemu. Article 252(1)(c) of our Constitution states that each commission is supposed to recruit its staff. I ask myself: If the staff members were recruited by the initial commissioners, whom do they owe their allegiance to? That is one of the areas we need to look at as much as we want the commissioners to serve on part-time basis. The work of the Commission is to recruit staff. The current staff members were recruited by commissioners who were there during the tenure of Aaron Ringera or Lumumba. They owe 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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