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    "id": 798006,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, from the explanation from the Vice Chair of the committee, you can see that all she has given us is a history and a litany of the committee’s inability to get any information on the matter and I thank her for acknowledging that she does not have a satisfactory answer. The questions that I raised in this statement are pertinent and they cannot be wished away, washed or swept under the carpet on the basis of the handshake because some of the issues that occurred leading to this statement are criminal acts. For example, confining the editors in the studios of Nation Media Group overnight under false imprisonment is not a matter that has any relationship with the handshake. It is excessive behaviour by the police that needs to be dealt with. Shutting down televisions stations is a matter that goes far beyond any comprehension in terms of freedom of the media, the right to inform, the right to disseminate information and, above all, the confidence of private investment because you lose money when your institutions such as televisions stations are, arbitrarily and without an explanation, closed down. You can see the charade that the committee went through, with the CS only eventually coming to say the matter is subjudice without giving details. The rules of this House are; a matter being in court is not enough to injunct this House or any committee. It has to be directly related to and directly affecting the process of inquiry. I want to agree with the distinguished Senator that we give her time to bring more information, so that we interrogate this matter further, not because it is going to open old boxes but because it is going to seal the possibility of a repeat state of impunity in the future, that nobody can simply wake up and shut down stations and start telling us that it is another Ministry or so and so should be asked. There is collective responsibility in Government and we cannot allow ping pong in dealing with matters of such a grave nature. I suggest that you give us another date. The distinguished Senator did not ask how long she wishes to have so that she comes with a satisfactory answer for interrogation."
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