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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to seek a Statement from the Chairman of the Committee on National Security and Foreign Relations in relation to a strange and bizarre statement and order given by the Cabinet Secretary for Interior, to the effect that a journalist who had written a story he did not like be arrested, and in fact, he was arrested. Secondly, he made an appearance on national television and all other television channels, giving a stern warning that anybody who writes a report or story about corruption shall be arrested, frogmarched to a police station and be made to record statements and be locked up. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is an abrogation of Chapter Four of the Constitution on the Bill of Rights. In the Statement, the Chairperson should tell the House and country under what law and authority the Cabinet Secretary is issuing these strange and bizarre statements that are blatantly unconstitutional and illegal. Secondly, has Chapter Four of the Constitution, more particularly Article 34 (1) (b), been suspended? Thirdly, is the Cabinet Secretary, who incidentally is a very good friend of mine and a former member of our coalition, trying to drive the country back to the dark days when journalists were hounded into their bedrooms, including the case of Itumbi who was jailed for writing an item in his diary? Lastly, could the Chairman also tell the House whether the Cabinet Secretary is on a frolic of his own or he is acting for and on behalf of the Jubilee Government?"
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