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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ojode",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 197,
        "legal_name": "Joshua Orwa Ojode",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, if you heard my statement, I said that we managed to get 1,320 people. Out of 1,320, 240 who were also netted in the swoop had no problem at all and they were released. In other words, we want to check whether these Ethiopians have got papers for them to stay in this country or whether they are the people who are causing problems. That is quite in order. So, it is not all of them who are thugs but some of them. Some of them leave their countries to stay here without papers. On the issue of immigration, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have been having meetings with them and we told them the Department of Immigration should scrutinize and peruse all papers for all those who are coming into the country. I think the police should be commended. The hon. Letimalo wanted to know whether some of these fellows are criminals or just businessmen. Those who purport to be coming to this country to do business, some of them are people who are also wanted in their own countries. I must commend the work of the police because we managed to get those who purport to be businessmen and yet they are not. They are the people who are causing mayhem; they are the people who are printing fake money and also roaming around. I am going to arrest all those illegal aliens in this country. I want to assure my friends that if you want to try something this time round when they are doing police reforms, you will see that the police mean business and we mean business for real. We are going to continue with the operations until we get rid of these fellows. Thank you."
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