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    "id": 603422,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/603422/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Maanzo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2197,
        "legal_name": "Daniel Kitonga Maanzo",
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    "content": "We have to look at it although I can see that the Official Secrets Act, Cap 187(3) is repealed. Immediately we pass this law, that particular sub-section will be deleted. It has been taken care of by other issues. This means that by this law, we have not absolutely banned all official secrets. We should not release our country to anybody who would want to take it over because we have released all our secrets to the enemies. In fact, if you release certain information on the protection of the country or to its detriment, you can be charged in court. In fact, in some jurisdictions, this is equivalent to treason, and one can be sentenced to death. For the protection of a nation, some secrets are important, and there has to be a way of vetting when that information is being released. We have seen other Acts on the prevention of terrorism which invade people’s privacy; whenever you book into a hotel, all your details are required by hotels. In fact, in some situations the information is to be released to the police quite regularly. Such information makes news serious business for newspapers every day. So, to what extent do you protect journalists under this law, so that there is freedom of expression and free Press?"
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