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    "id": 700389,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/700389/?format=api",
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kubai Iringo",
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        "legal_name": "Cyprian Kubai Iringo",
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    "content": "The law should be clear that these documents are free. They should not be sold or used to solicit bribes. We need more officers in these categories especially in police stations. We need about three officers who will be at the station permanently depending on its size. If one is in the law courts, another at the scene of crime or gone to hospital, there should be somebody else in that desk ready to assist other people who seek these services. Equally, in both private and public hospitals, we need to have several doctors designated to fill the forms. Filling of these forms requires somebody with technical knowledge about the kind of injury the victim was subjected to and the extent of the injury. Doctors and clinical officers can diagnose these problems. Giving the medical officer in charge of a hospital the sole responsibility of doing this denies a change those people who want these services because he or she will not be there all the time to offer these services. We, therefore, need more personnel to handle these documents. We also need to be transparent. Laws which are entrenched properly in the Health Act should show that one is given those documents for purposes of treatment. Finally, let it be made clear that there should be no payment of fees for this form. If there are any fees incurred, then they should be included in the budget of that particular hospital or that institution which offers these services. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I support the Motion."
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