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    "id": 757760,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ayub Savula Angatia",
    "speaker_title": "The Member for Lugari",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving the opportunity to contribute to this Motion. I have been waiting for it for a long time. This is the first time I am speaking in this House while on the side of the Opposition. I will maintain my objectivity as a Member of Parliament elected by the people of Lugari, irrespective of my party affiliation. First and foremost, this Motion gives us an opportunity to reflect soberly and objectively on what transpired during the last general elections. I do not think this Motion has been brought with bad faith of castigating the Judiciary or any other institution in this country. The Motion should be utilised to have a lasting solution to the crisis we are facing in this country. We should set aside our political differences, as Members of Parliament, and utilise this opportunity to come together and put necessary reforms and restructure the IEBC to ensure that we have a free and fair election. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I wish to remind the House that I sat in the 11th Parliament and it took us 30 minutes to pass the electoral laws. What is so difficult now? We are elected leaders. Let us seize this opportunity to discuss issues the way we discuss inter-parties and pass laws. Let us create a level playground for the repeat election on 26th October 2017."
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