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    "id": 701913,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Midiwo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 184,
        "legal_name": "Washington Jakoyo Midiwo",
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    "content": "I want you to listen. Relax. I was in Uganda recently. There is one thing which I have always said about women seats. In Uganda, a woman who represents an equivalent of a county in our sense earns more money than the single Member constituency. These are issues. Why is this issue not being raised amongst us? Why does Christine Ombaka who represents over 300,000 voters earn the same amount as Midiwo who represents 70,000 voters? That to me is not affirmative action. If Uganda can do it, we can do it. We must accept that this issue is not as small and trivial as we are making it to be. You can do everything. You can make all the noise but this is not a street issue. The most important issue here is the principle. Those of us who are not in a rush and support this should agree with the principle, but think inside and outside the box. If you do not hear us, we shall never get a solution. We support you but you must not force us to support you because you will not get our votes. It is important. There are very many issues related to the bad 20 per cent of the Constitution. It is good time now for us, as a country, to deal with the bad 20 per cent of this 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."
}