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    "id": 620607,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/620607/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Chae",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Alice Nyanchoka Chae",
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    "content": "those who are able to those who are not able to access this fundamental right. The National Legal Aid Service should be affordable, accessible, sustainable, credible and accountable. However, without this framework, it will not be felt. This Bill has come at the right time. As Members of Parliament, we should ensure that the gaps that have been mentioned are worked on. Once the National Legal Aid Service begins to function, everything should be in place and working properly to enable our people to get what they deserve. It would be perceived that the Government and legislators remember the people who sent us here to represent them. The issue of appointment is also contentious because it is a matter for the Judiciary. When we leave it to the President to appoint, we will be narrowing the perspective. It should be wide. The Judiciary should determine the people who are credible and can properly manage legal aid services in order to manage the divides that we have in the country. We should address these divides as much as possible. We should deviate from the divides and ensure that legal aid services penetrate down to marginalised groups who need to be assisted. I support the Bill."
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