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    "id": 718876,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ababu",
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        "legal_name": "Ababu Tawfiq Pius Namwamba",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, let me conclude by applauding the Bill once again and say let us pass this Bill but let us pass it and then deploy it in terms of effecting and implementing it. I am looking around the Chamber and I hope that as the political fever starts to catch on, we can still find time to pay attention to Bills such as this. Before this Bill, I am also very happy that we were able to protect our minors by throwing out the proposed piece of legislation the proposed amendment to the Sexual Offences Act that sought to reduce the age of sexual consent from 18 to 16. There is absolutely no justification. In my language, we say you do not eat a mango that is not ripe yet. If it is not ripe let it ripen. There is absolutely no reason why you cannot wait for two more years. That was a wise decision. I commend the Leader of the Majority Party and this House. It will take vigilance for all of us to be in this House even as we handle the political fever out there to be able to preside over these pieces of legislation so that we can end the life of the 11th Parliament on a high note. I support this Bill."
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