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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kimunya",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Transport",
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        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The more I listened to hon. Members, who spoke before me, the more we were being reminded about the people who were blindfolded and told to touch various parts of an elephant and give a description of what, in their view, an elephant looked like. Those who touched the tail said that an elephant is a very thin animal. Those who touched the tusks described it in the way they felt the tusks looked like. Those who touched the legs described them that way. We were here last week and you pronounced yourself very clearly. We all listened and applauded when you claimed the space that other people were attempting to take away from this House. The power of this House is to play its rightful constitutional duty to represent the people and ensure their participation is seen in decision-making through Parliament. You were very clear that nobody should even dream of taking away that power from Parliament; the power to carry out its role as set out in the law. I believe that we are all talking about the Constitution. We should know that it is the product of our people. We have been through this process and the people were very clear in terms of who they were giving the final say in determining who will become the Chief Justice, the Attorney-General and the Auditor-General, among the various other people who have to be appointed. They gave that responsibility to this House; that nobody should be appointed unless he or she has been approved by this House. It does not matter where the nominations came from or how much you frustrate the process. The names will eventually have to come to this House for approval. It is important that we bear in mind that Parliament is not just rubber-stamping. It has to approve and determine who gets appointed on behalf of the people. This is the only forum where people can participate through their elected representatives."
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