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    "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. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this is advice for free, take it from me that I am a presidential candidate and I need women votes. I have been in Parliament since 1993 and I have seen these things many times. A constitutional Bill, once it is brought to the House, passes as is or falls as is. We, as CORD, support affirmative action – and this I am telling my distinguished friends and sisters, whom I love so much. Affirmative action the world over is never extended to an individual in perpetuity. It is a one shot and when one finishes, he or she exits and somebody else comes. This is because it is a process of capacity building. We are building capacities of women. I have daughters. My first daughter is a distinguished lawyer; my second is an engineer like you the Chair. I also have others who are on the same lineage. If my first daughter who is a lawyer is given an opportunity, she must exit after the first bite to give room for her younger sisters who must also have the same opportunity. That is what affirmative action worldwide is all about. We support our women and we must have a minimum of one-third in this House. However, I am not ready to support that in a term, we have a certain group and in the next, we have the same group. That does not work and it will not work. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, there is a Member in the National Assembly who nowadays behaves as if she is the most elected Member in this Parliament. She even calls The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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