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    "id": 721036,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/721036/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Anami",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2773,
        "legal_name": "Lisamula Silverse Anami",
        "slug": "lisamula-silverse-anami"
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, you will be surprised at our efforts to establish police posts and police stations. They are becoming counter-productive. Communities do not know whether to accept them or to refuse them. I have had an instance where members of the community say: “Now, Mheshimiwa, you are putting up a police post here. It means a lot of torture to our youth and the mothers of this community.” Indeed, that happens. We had an instance where in a Pentecostal Church, we have a person called Mama Assembly, the woman exemplary leader who represents the interests of women. Such a person can never be associated with brewing of chang’aa . So, when the police did not find chang’aa in her house and she was not ready to part with money, they assigned her a few jericans of chang’aa. Mama Assembly was then arrested and asked to take a bond because she did not give them a bribe. Let us deal with this thing holistically. I would like to support the Prevention of Torture Bill and even ask that we structure it in such a way that it does not just concern public officers. Let us be concerned with other remedial initiatives. Thank you."
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