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    "id": 700986,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/700986/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wetangula",
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        "legal_name": "Timothy Wanyonyi Wetangula",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I would like to support this Motion, but with a heavy heart because people living with disabilities have been excluded from appointments in the Government yet we form 10 per cent of the total population. There are people living with disabilities who qualify to be appointed to these positions. As earlier speakers said, these appointees are qualified, but do we meet the threshold of the Constitution? The Constitution provides that gender, people with disabilities and the youth must be represented. We cannot fit in one appointment, but when a section of a population is left out during appointments, then, something is wrong. This is a signal to the Government to ensure that they give voice to people living with disabilities and the youth. We have a list of people living with disabilities who are qualified. They have PhDs, some are lecturers, lawyers and engineers. I have read through the qualifications of these appointees and I do not hold brief for any one of them. I will not oppose the list for the sake of it, but I just want to raise a pertinent point that we must comprehensively look at appointments of people to public positions in future. 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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