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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B Duale",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, with regard to this amendment, I will ask Hon. Oner that we go and redraft it. This is a double-edged sword amendment; it can cut both sides. The media are a very important player in the war against corruption. They can even give a clear perception of what we are doing. There is a lot of witch-hunt in the war against corruption. Your opponents can go and talk about the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) and write anonymously. In fact, the Act must be amended. Kindly give me few minutes. You remember when we did the law on public appointments, we put a section that says if you have an allegation against somebody, you go and swear an affidavit. Today in the war against corruption, on the basis of any anonymous letter and any allegations, you are taken to EACC for investigations. What we are saying is that we want the media also to critique anti-corruption. If we give them the privacy, that they can come to your House and nobody knows about if, they can go to your office and collect documents that nobody knows about; how about if they plant documents in your office? How about if they plant information which is not yours? I want to beg Hon. Oner to let us consult for five minutes and come up with an amendment that can take care of us. If we give these guys blanket privacy, then we are taking the country back to the days when we did not have a vibrant media. Where people were taken to Nyayo House and the next morning they were in court. We want the public to discuss the matter. So, let us not make a law that--- I want to ask my good friend Hon. Oner, if we get five minutes, 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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