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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nakara",
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        "legal_name": "John Lodepe Nakara",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me opportunity to contribute to this Bill. First, I support the amendments because they seek to close the gaps that we have had in the law. As fellow Members have said, the issue of vetting people who are going to work in this area is good. They should be people who are not after money. People who are after money will not accomplish the reason we have established such a body. Patriotism is not practised in this nation nowadays. Why should you take your money from this country to another yet this is where you were born, you are working and you are supposed to invest? Many people in this country do not have jobs. It is not patriotic to take money out of this country. People who have done this should be jailed for sabotaging the economy of this country. You are denying people job opportunities and investments by doing this and such people must be jailed. Another issue is that we have never learned a lesson in terms of keeping out testimonies and being upright in this country. Whenever anybody is caught in a problem, he threatens to go to court or arbitration. We need to have integrity. When you are caught on the wrong path, you The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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