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    "id": 823207,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sirisia, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Waluke",
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        "legal_name": "John Waluke Koyi",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this chance to also contribute. We have been having challenges. I want to thank Hon. Machogu for bringing this Report. The PSC, during the 11th Parliament, did not do much. We are talking of the building being completed, but the Commission spent a lot of money buying many buildings behind this Parliament. Some of them are not in use. The Commission is still renting some facilities for Members of Parliament to use as offices and yet, it bought so many buildings which are idle. The new Commission has started on a very good note. As Parliament, we support them to push on and make sure that those buildings that were bought are used. Parliament cannot just dump money the way it has done and the facilities are not being used. Whoever decided to put these iPads here did not consider Members. We used to write. Now you cannot write properly and you cannot make notes. What we decided in the 11th Parliament was that Parliament was to buy iPads and provide them to Members so that, wherever you are, you can use it. This one here, you cannot use it when you are away at home. You have to come to Parliament to use it. I believe it has not been fitted with everything. It looks like a toy iPad. We still demand that the Commission provides iPads to Members to carry with them wherever they go. That way, even if you are out of the country, you can use it to see what is happening in Parliament. It is on record during the 11th Parliament that I poured black tea because Parliament did not have tea with milk. I do not know whether Parliament lacked money. Parliament did not even have water in the toilets. Parliament sometimes did not even have toilet papers in the toilets. We expect that, with the new Commission, much is going to be done. It is a pity that some Members who were in the Commission during the 11th Parliament are still there. It is a challenge because of what they used to do at that time. I hope they are not going to corrupt the new Commission. I can sincerely and boldly say that the Commission, during the 11th Parliament, was corrupt. Corruption in Parliament must stop because we do not expect the Commission to be corrupt. I support the Report and thank Hon. Machogu for bringing it. Members should be free to speak their mind so that we help the Commission to execute its mandate."
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